By Jemimah Rodrigues is a pro Indian cricketer born on the 5th of September 2000 in Bhandup, Mumbai, Maharashtra. Her birth name is Jemimah Jessica Rodrigues and was raised in a Christian family. Jemimah is a right-handed batter and Right-arm Off-break bowler. Her father Ivan Rodrigues also played cricket at the club level.
Family
Born and raised in a Christian family. Jemima was born on September 5, 2000, to parents Ivan and Lvita Rodrigues. Her father Ivan is her coach and has been coaching her since a tender age. She also has two brothers who are named Enoch Rodrigues and Eli Rodrigues.
Hailing from Bhandup, Mumbai she grew up along with her two brothers. At age 4, Jemimah began playing season cricket. Her family shifted to another part of the city at Bandra West when she was still very young so she could get proper training and avail of all kinds of facilities for her cricketing. When she was pursuing her schooling, her father served as a junior coach at the school where she was studying. Jemimah grew up practicing bowling with her two brothers. Her father who has been coaching her daughter since the very initial stages started a cricket squad for the girls at her daughter’s school. Jemimah was not only good at playing cricket but she was also good at hockey as well.
The cricketer proudly says that her father is her main support system as her coach and her “Hero” and owes all her success to him. Jemimah became the second woman behind Smriti Mandhana to score a dual century in a fifty-over cricket match. She managed to score 202 runs in 163 balls in Aurangabad against Saurashtra squad in November 2017.
Career Highlights:
At just 22 years of age, the young cricketer has already achieved so much and has made such remarkable contributions to the women’s cricket squad in India. Let’s take a look at some of her amazing achievements:
- In March 2018, she debuted for the India’s women’s cricket squad in a match against Australia in Vadodara, where she managed to score 37 chases in 27 balls.
- Jemimah scored her maiden international half-century in a match against Sri Lanka in Katunayake in September 2018, where she scored 52 chases in 43 balls.
- The talented cricketer achieved her highest T20I score of 59 chases over Australia in Sydney in November 2018.
- The female right-handed batter became the youngest Indian cricketer to achieve a T20I half-century over New Zealand in Hamilton in February 2019.
- She was declared ICC Women’s ODI Team of the Year in May 2019 becoming the first Indian female cricketer to accomplish this milestone.
- Jemimah made her first ODI century over the West Indies in North Sound, Antigua, achieving a score of 107 chases in 124 balls in September 2019.
Love Life and Boyfriend:
Currently, not much is known about the love life of Jemimah Rodrigues. It seems like she is very private and likes to keep his personal life out of the spotlight. Her past relationships are also not known. She has not been married before either or doesn’t have any children. But she has been in at least one or more relationships. She might be single for now as she is too busy with her career or she may be dating someone in secret. Nothing is certain as of yet.
