Jemimah Rodrigues

Jemimah Rodrigues
Personal information
Full name Jemimah Ivan Rodrigues
Born (2000-09-05) September 5, 2000
Bhandup, Mumbai
Batting Right-hand bat
Bowling Right-arm offbreak
International information
National side
ODI debut 12 March 2018 v Australia
Last ODI 16 September 2018 v Sri Lanka
T20I debut 13 February 2018 v South Africa
Last T20I 25 September 2018 v Sri Lanka
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 25 September 2018

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

In June 2018, she was awarded with the Jagmohan Dalmiya Award For Best Domestic Junior Women's Cricketer by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).[2]

Early life

She enjoyed playing both hockey and cricket as a youth. She is the daughter of a club cricketer. Her father Ivan was a junior coach in her school and she grew up bowling to her brothers.[3]

She studied in St. Joseph's Convent High School, Mumbai and later in Rizvi College of Arts, Science & Commerce.[4]

Career

She was picked in both the under-17 and under-19 Maharashtra 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.[5]

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.[6] Just before this match, she also scored 178 off 142 balls against Gujarat team in the under-19 tournament.[7]

She was named in the Indian women’s squad for the three-match ODI series against South Africa to be played in February 2018.[8] She made her Women's Twenty20 International cricket (WT20I) debut for India Women against South Africa Women on 13 February 2018.[9] She made her Women's One Day International cricket (WODI) debut for India Women against Australia Women on 12 March 2018.[10]

In October 2018, she was named in India's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[11][12]

References

  1. ↑ "Jemimah Rodrigues hits double ton for Mumbai vs Saurashtra in U-19 One-Day tournament". www.deccanchronicle.com. 2017-11-05. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
  2. ↑ "Kohli, Harmanpreet, Mandhana win top BCCI awards". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Jemimah Rodrigues, 16, follows in Smriti Mandhana's footsteps, scores double ton". The Indian Express. 2017-11-06. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
  4. ↑ "Jemimah Rodrigues - a new star in the making". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
  5. ↑ "Mumbai girl slams double ton in 50-over game - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
  6. ↑ "Only 17, Jemimah Rodrigues already spells double trouble". wisdenindia. 2017-11-06. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
  7. ↑ "Mumbai girl Jemimah Rodrigues slams double century in 50-over cricket". Zee News. 2017-11-06. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
  8. ↑ "Mithali to lead, Jemimah named in Indian squad". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 2018-01-10. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  9. ↑ "1st T20I, India Women tour of South Africa at Potchefstroom, Feb 13 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  10. ↑ "Australia Women require another 126 runs with 9 wickets and 38.2 overs remaining". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  11. ↑ "Indian Women's Team for ICC Women's World Twenty20 announced". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  12. ↑ "India Women bank on youth for WT20 campaign". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
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