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Last Update: February 13, 2023, 17:55 IST
A day before the WPL auction, Jemimah Rodrigues scored an unbeaten half-century to lead India in the run chase against Pakistan. (AFP image)
Jemimah Rodrigues played a match-winning inning for India against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup match on Sunday.
Stylish India Batsman Jemimah Rodrigues reacts after joining Delhi Capitals for Rs 2.2 crore in the Women’s Premier League player auction on Monday. Rodricks, who led India to a thrilling win over Pakistan in their T20 opener World The cup attracted considerable attention at auction. As soon as Jemimah’s name cropped up in the event, UP Warriors and Delhi Capitals were directly engaged in bidding. Mumbai Indians also joined him but DC managed to seal the deal.
The 22-year-old has rich experience of playing in overseas T20 leagues – Melbourne Renegades, Melbourne Stars (both WBBL), Yorkshire Diamonds (Super League) and Northern Superchargers (The Hundred). He also scored a century for Yorkshire in the Super League.
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“Dil-Li Mein Baazi Guitar Jamie joins the #CapitalsUniverse #YehHaiNayiDilli #WPL #WPLAuction for the first time,” Delhi Capitals announced Jemimah’s arrival with a special message.
The talented cricketer has the best reply to DC’s message as he wrote, “Dil se Dilli.”
Meanwhile, Jemimah played an intelligent knock of 53 off 38 balls to help them chase down a target of 150 against Pakistan with an over to spare on Sunday. The talented batsman came in the middle in the last over of the powerplay and held on till the end to get India over the line.
Rodrigues said the plan was deep for the game but said she had faith in herself and Richa to lead the Women in Blue to victory.
“I don’t know what to say. I knew to build a partnership, take it deep and we’ll end the chase. Richa and I put together a partnership against Bangladesh and we could do that today. This innings really meant a lot to me.” In particular, I was not getting runs for a while but I am sticking to the procedures,” said Rodriguez after being named player of the match.
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