The young Indian batter, Jemimah Rodrigues has bagged a major contract in the Women’s Premier League (WPL) auction with Delhi Capitals, earning INR 2.20 crore. She is the first buyer of DC franchise in the auction in Mumbai. Rodrigues may only be 22 years old now, but she has already earned a name for herself as one of the big names in the senior India women’s team, having played 76 T20I matches for India, amassing more than 1600 runs at an average of just over 30.

Jemimah Rodrigues bats mainly in the top four and has the ability to accelerate at her own will. In Sunday’s ICC T20 World Cup match against Pakistan, Jemimah played a match-winning role with a half-century in India’s chase. She walked out to bat at number three and smashed 53 runs off 38 deliveries and remained unbeaten as the team won the game by 7 wickets.

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Rodrigues and Richa Ghosh celebrate India’s win over Pakistan in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup group B match at Newlands Stadium on February 12, 2023 in Cape Town, South Africa.

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Jemi is the first addition to the #CapitalsUniverse 💙❤️#YehHaiNayiDilli #WPL #WPLAuction pic.twitter.com/UD3CQd0Iim

— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) February 13, 2023

Apart from representing India, Jemimah Rodrigues has also played in other T20 leagues like the Women’s Big Bash League and the Women’s Hundred, and she has a terrific batting record there. In the inaugural edition of the Hundred, Rodrigues scored as many as 249 runs at an excellent average of 41.50 and an outstanding strike rate of 150.91.

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The inaugural edition of the WPL will be played in Mumbai from 4 March to 26 March. As many as 22 matches will be played, with the Brabourne Stadium and D.Y. Patil Stadium playing hosts to the marquee tournament comprising Gujarat Giants, UP Warriors, Delhi Capitals, Mumbai Indians, and Royal Challengers Bangalore.