Talented youngster Jemimah Rodrigues has made a name for herself ever since she has come on the circuit. She has represented the Indian women’s cricket team in 21 ODIs and 47 T20Is till date. She has amassed 394 runs in the 50-over format, with her highest score being 81* as well.

In the shortest format of the game, Jemimah Rodrigues has scored 976 runs which came at a strike rate of 111.16. However, she is also one of those five Indian players who have taken part in the Women’s Hundred 2021. She has played for the Northern Superchargers there as well.

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Recently, Jemimah Rodrigues had a chat with the Indian men’s cricket team’s veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on his official YouTube channel. During that interaction, she was asked if she had met any of the players from the men’s team. And, she has revealed that she had a crush on Faf du Plessis.

“I have played domestic cricket a lot, and I also follow the Mumbai team. I feel we can start with a Women’s T20 Challenge, maybe not an eight-team pool but a five or six-team, just start it off because only then will we know if we have the players or not,” she added.

“I can ask you about this, the IPL, how it started and how it has picked on… we have got so many IPL players currently a part of the Indian team, maybe even as the mainstays of the team. I would also say that if you want, don’t televise it, at least, start if off; let us be a part of that competitiveness,” she told on the show “What’s Up With Women’s Cricket”.

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“Obviously we want the Women’s T20 Challenge to happen, and BCCI is trying a lot to do so. But there are always these questions. ‘We might not have the players’, then maybe we can start with lesser teams,” Jemimah Rodrigues concluded.