In the one-off Test match between India and England at the Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai, Jemimah Rodrigues shared her thoughts on both her Test debut and India’s historic 347-run victory.
The 23-year-old said that the win was very meaningful to her and gave her teammates credit for their roles in helping the squad succeed. Afterwards, she thanked Smriti Mandhana, referring to her as her “big sister,” for giving her her first test cap.
While sharing a picture of himself with Mandhana on Instagram, Jemimah Rodrigues wrote a sweet message. “I want more if this is the experience of playing test cricket! What made this victory so exceptional was the input of each and every participant. It’s even more memorable because my big sister gave me my first cap. She wrote in the caption, “PS: I put a lot of pressure on @smriti_mandhana the day before to deliver a good speech and I, after receiving my cap, realized she’s really good under pressure.”
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India defeats England women in a record-breaking Test match thanks to Jemimah Rodrigues’ outstanding debut.
In their historic victory against the Heather Knight-led team, Rodrigues played a crucial role for her team. India won the toss and chose to bat first. Four batsmen scored half-centuries as they amassed a massive 428 runs in the first innings. Before being dismissed by Lauren Bell, Rodrigues, batting at number four, scored 68 runs off 99 balls with 11 boundaries.
Other than her, the other scorers with half-centuries were Satheesh Subha (69), wicketkeeper-batter Yastika Bhatia (66), and Deepti Sharma (67). Captain Harmanpreet Kaur, meanwhile, was run out by Danni Wyatt and missed a fifty by only one run. Next, Deepti Sharma took a fifer and bowled England out for 136 runs.
Before India declared at 186/6 in the second innings, Jemimah scored 27 runs off of 29 balls. After bowling England out for 131 in 27.3 overs, the hosts eventually won an incredible match in less than three days. Taking four wickets and winning the Player of the Match award, Deepti showed off her great bowling ability once more in the fourth innings.
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