Partnership

Jemimah Rodrigues was the key to India’s chase with a match-winning unbeaten ton as she formed important partnerships at different stages of the innings. She put on 46 runs off 47 balls with Smriti Mandhana (21 off 20) to steady the early innings before building a strong partnership of 167 off 156 balls with captain Harmanpreet Kaur (89 off 88), which was the key stand that tilted the game in India’s favour. She then put on 38 runs off 34 balls with Deepti Sharma (Deepti 24 off 17) to rebuild after the captain was dismissed and then accelerated with Richa Ghosh for an unbroken partnership of 46 runs off 31 balls (Ghosh 17 off 15). Finally, she capped a great innings with a strong finish along with Amanjot Kaur, putting on 31* off 15 balls (Kaur 14* off 7) to finish off the chase in style and confidence.

Jemimah Rodrigues Scoring Areas

Off-Side Dominance (Covers & Point Region)
Cover Drives: Beautiful drives through extra-cover.
Late Cuts & Square Cuts: Utilized her low stance and quick hands to pierce the off-side cordon
Drives to Sweeper Cover: Commonly rotated strike with pushes and drives wide of mid-off (multiple singles to deep cover).

Leg Side Skills (Mid-wicket & Fine Leg)Scoops & Flicks: Clearly pre-planned scoops over fine leg
Whippy Flicks: Not afraid to use favorable pace to flick a full ball through mid-wicket
Pulls & Tucks: Short balls dispatched square or fine leg

Innovative Shots Reverse Sweeps: reverse sweep off Gardner
Slogsweeps: Eyeing off any possible big hits

Jemimah Rodrigues Vs Aussie Bowlers

Jemimah Rodrigues and the Australian bowlers were under fire. Annabel Sutherland’s final figures were 7 overs for 42 runs and 1 wicket, and from within her spell she had a missed catch and gave away 3 boundaries late on. Megan Schutt was very economical from the opening part of the innings taking 20 runs from 4 overs, and bowled a full toss on the final ball of her spell. Ashleigh Gardner bowled 6 overs for 26 runs and was quite tidy, but Rodrigues took a fancy to her with a reverse sweep for four to beat the Gully fielder.

Alana King – with 7 overs for 26 runs, bowled with good control and was reasonably economical, while she had a dropped catch to contend with and bowled a couple of unplayable deliveries. Sophie Molineux’s final figures were 5 overs for 28 runs, which generally was relatively tidy, though she got cut away for a couple of timely fours.

Kim Garth got early breakthroughs (2 wickets in 5 overs for 29 runs), but was neat with her line, and had a really good spell of bowling, but also was hit over the infield for a boundary early in her spell. Tahlia McGrath had 2 overs for 10 runs, and also had a stylish boundary beat the fielder at cover while Rodrigues lofted for one.

Stats

Highest partnerships for IND-W in WC knockouts (any wicket)
139* – Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues vs AUS-W, Mumbai DYP, 2025 SF
137 – Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepti Sharma vs AUS-W, Derby, 2017 SF
95 – Harmanpreet Kaur, Punam Raut vs ENG-W, Lord’s, 2017 Final
66 – Harmanpreet Kaur, Mithali Raj vs AUS-W, Derby, 2017 SF
66 – Mithali Raj, Anjum Chopra vs NZ-W, Potchefstroom, 2005 SF

Highest partnerships vs AUS-W in WC
167 – Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues (IND-W), Mumbai DYP, 2025
157 – Mithali Raj, Punam Raut (IND-W), Bristol, 2017
155 – Smriti Mandhana, Pratika Rawal (IND-W), Visakhapatnam, 2025
137 – Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepti Sharma (IND-W), Derby, 2017
130 – Yastika Bhatia, Mithali Raj (IND-W), Auckland, 2022