After enduring three consecutive defeats in the ongoing ICC Women’s World Cup 2025, India Women finally bounced back in style with a crucial win over New Zealand Women on Thursday, October 23. The victory not only restored confidence but also sealed India’s spot in the semi-finals of the marquee event.
One of the major highlights of the match was Jemimah Rodrigues’ promotion to the No. 3 position, where she played a stunning unbeaten knock of 76 runs off just 55 balls. Interestingly, this came after she was dropped from the previous game as the team experimented with combinations in search of balance.
Reflecting on India’s turnaround, Jemimah emphasized the team’s unity and mental resilience amid intense scrutiny.
“𝑾𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒕. 𝑾𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒓𝒐𝒘, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒎,” 𝑱𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒉 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅.
She further praised the team’s togetherness and belief during tough times.
“𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒈𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒚. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓,” 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒅.
Navi Mumbai Feels Like Home, Says Jemimah Rodrigues
Looking ahead, the Indian team will play their final league stage match against Bangladesh Women on Sunday, October 26, at the Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai — a venue Jemimah fondly calls home.
“𝑵𝒂𝒗𝒊 𝑴𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒂𝒊 𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆’𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒖𝒔,” 𝑱𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒉 𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒄𝒄𝒊.𝒕𝒗.
The 24-year-old also mentioned that the team feels a strong sense of ownership while playing at the venue.
“𝑾𝒆’𝒗𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 — 𝑻𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒔, 𝑶𝑫𝑰𝒔, 𝑻20𝑰𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅. 𝑾𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏’𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒊𝒕. 𝑾𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆,” 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒅.
With the semi-final clash against Australia Women scheduled later in the week at the same venue, India will look to continue their winning momentum and capitalize on home advantage.
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