Jemimah Rodrigues

Jemimah Rodrigues (born 5 September 2000) is an Indian cricketer. She is an allrounder on the Mumbai women's cricket team and was in the Under-17 Maharashtra hockey team.[1][2]

Jemimah Rodrigues
Rodrigues batting for India during the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup
Personal information
Full nameJemimah Ivan Rodrigues
Born (2000-09-05) 5 September 2000
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
NicknameJemi
BattingRight-hand bat
BowlingRight-arm offbreak
RoleBatswoman
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 123)12 March 2018 v Australia
Last ODI6 November 2019 v West Indies
ODI shirt no.5
T20I debut (cap 56)13 February 2018 v South Africa
Last T20I8 March 2020 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2019–presentSupernovas
2019Yorkshire Diamonds
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I
Matches 16 43
Runs scored 372 930
Batting average 24.80 27.35
100s/50s -/3 -/6
Top score 81* 72
Balls bowled 12 18
Wickets 1 -
Bowling average 6.00 -
5 wickets in innings - -
10 wickets in match - -
Best bowling 1/1 -
Catches/stumpings 4/- 17/-
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 8 March 2020

In June 2018, she was awarded with the Jagmohan Dalmiya Award presented by legendary cricketer MS Dhoni for Best Domestic Junior Women's Cricketer by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) at Jharkhand.[3]

Early life

Jemimah Rodrigues was born and brought-up in Bhandup, Mumbai, India along with her two brothers, Enoch and Eli. She is a Christian and a strong believer of Jesus Christ.[4] At the age of four years, she started playing season cricket. They moved to another corner of the city that is at Bandra West at a very young age to avail of better sports facilities. Her father, Ivan Rodrigues, was a junior coach in her school and she grew up bowling to her brothers. Jemimah’s father, Ivan, who has been coaching her since the very beginning, started the girls’ cricket team at her school. Jemimah enjoyed playing both hockey and cricket as a youth.[5][6]

Jemimah Rodrigues studied in St. Joseph's Convent High School, Mumbai and later in Rizvi College of Arts, Science & Commerce.[7]

Career

Jemimah Rodrigues was selected for the Maharashtra under-17 and under-19 hockey teams. Her cricket U-19 debut was at the age of 12-and-a-half, during the 2012-13 cricket season. She was picked when only 13 for the under-19 state cricket team.[8]

Jemimah says that her father is her primary coach and her "Hero" and she owe all the success to him. Rodrigues is the second woman after Smriti Mandhana to score a double century in a 50 over cricket match. She scored 202* in just 163 balls in Aurangabad against Saurashtra team in November 2017. This score included 21 boundaries.[9] Just before this match, she also scored 178 off 142 balls against Gujarat team in the under-19 tournament.[10]

She was named in the Indian squad for the three-match ODI series against South Africa to be played in February 2018.[11] She made her Women's Twenty20 International cricket (WT20I) debut for India Women against South Africa Women on 13 February 2018.[12] She made her Women's One Day International cricket (WODI) debut for India Women against Australia Women on 12 March 2018.[13]

In October 2018, she was named in India's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[14][15] Ahead of the tournament, she was named as the player to watch in the team.[16] Following the conclusion of the tournament, she was named as the standout player in the team by the International Cricket Council (ICC).[17]

In October 2018, looking at her striking achievements, Rodrigues was signed by a Sports Marketing firm Baseline Ventures, having to manage all her commercial interests. On 1 March 2019, she attended a ceremony of the Indian cricket Team's new jersey launch for the ICC 2019 World Cup, where other cricketers including Harmanpreet Kaur, MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, and Prithvi Shaw were also present.[18] In January 2020, she was named in India's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[19]

References
  1. "Jemimah Rodrigues hits double ton for Mumbai vs Saurashtra in U-19 One-Day tournament". www.deccanchronicle.com. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  2. "20 women cricketers for the 2020s". The Cricket Monthly. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  3. "Kohli, Harmanpreet, Mandhana win top BCCI awards". ESPN Cricinfo. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  4. "Christmas: I Spent The Night Waiting For Santa, Says Cricketer Jemimah Rodrigues". 23 December 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  5. "From Bhandup to Bleed Blue, the story of Jemimah Rodrigues". 17 March 2018.
  6. "Jemimah Rodrigues, 16, follows in Smriti Mandhana's footsteps, scores double ton". The Indian Express. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  7. "Jemimah Rodrigues - a new star in the making". Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  8. "Mumbai girl slams double ton in 50-over game - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  9. "Only 17, Jemimah Rodrigues already spells double trouble". wisdenindia. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  10. "Mumbai girl Jemimah Rodrigues slams double century in 50-over cricket". Zee News. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  11. "Mithali to lead, Jemimah named in Indian squad". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 10 January 2018. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 11 January 2018.CS1 maint: others (link)
  12. "1st T20I, India Women tour of South Africa at Potchefstroom, Feb 13 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  13. "Australia Women require another 126 runs with 9 wickets and 38.2 overs remaining". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  14. "Indian Women's Team for ICC Women's World Twenty20 announced". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  15. "India Women bank on youth for WT20 campaign". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  16. "Key Players: India". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  17. "#WT20 report card: India". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  18. "Women's World T20: Jemimah Rodrigues showed on debut that she belongs - Times of India".
  19. "Kaur, Mandhana, Verma part of full strength India squad for T20 World Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2020.

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