Jemimah Rodrigues, the Indian right-handed batter, brought up her third Women’s One Day International (WODI) in the semi-final of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2025 against Australia. In pursuit
of the 339-run target, the 25-year-old, who came out to bat at No. 3, needed 115 balls to get to the milestone moment, which happened on a delivery bowled by pacer Megan Schutt.
The first 100 runs of Jemimah Rodrigues had two distinct phases, starting with regular accumulation of strike coupled with boundaries at the best possible time, to keep the required run rate in check while chasing a big total. After getting to 75 runs in just 76 balls, she found it difficult to get boundaries apart from playing a few dots too many, scoring the next 25 runs in 39 balls to get to the three-figure score.
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During her stay at the crease, she shared a 167-run stand for the third wicket with Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur, who got 89 off 88. Apart from that, her partnerships with Smriti Mandhana early on and then alongside Deepti Sharma in the latter phase of the Indian innings while aiming to become the team with the highest run chase in the World Cup history.
As of this writing, India have reached 305/4 in 45 overs with Jemimah Rodrigues (110* off 124) and Richa Ghosh (24* off 13) at the crease in an unbeaten partnership of 41 runs.
Below are the playing XIs of India and Australia for ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 semi-final:
India: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Amanjot Kaur, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Kranti Gaud, N Shree Charani, Renuka Singh
Australia: Alyssa Healy (c & wk), Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry, Beth Mooney, Annabel Sutherland, Ashleigh Gardner, Tahlia McGrath, Sophie Molineux, Kim Garth, Alana King, Megan Schutt
