Hockey India Blown Away By Jemimah Rodrigues's Dribbling Skill
Updated - 21 May 2019, 07:46 PM
Indian women cricket team‘s young batting sensation Jemimah Rodrigues has taken the cricketing world by storm. She has not looked back since earning her maiden international call up last year. Rodrigues had earned the call after a prolific domestic season in which she scored 1013 runs at an average of 112.56 in the inter-state Under-19 tournament, including an unbeaten 202. She had also picked up 19 wickets with her offspin.
The youngster had then followed it up with 90 runs and a wicket in the three one-dayers against Bangladesh A and a half-century in her solitary T20 innings against the same side. She then impressed in the Challenger Trophy, scoring 84, 52 and 43. Rodrigues is now one of the most important members of the Indian team. Last year, she was instrumental in India’s march to the semifinal of the World T20 in the Caribbeans. Earlier this year, she also helped India win an ODI series in New Zealand.
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In the recently concluded Women’s Twenty20 Challenge, she was adjudged ‘Player of the Series’ for scoring the highest 123 runs from three games. And it looks like Rodrigues is good not only with the cricket bat but also a hockey stick. The rising star has been spotted trying her hands in the hockey field with her pet dog ‘Theo’. Such was her skills with the hockey stick that even Hockey India could not help but appreciate her.
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Rodrigues took to Twitter to post a clip of her fun session with her dog, writing:
“A lil’ bit of #hockey on my day off with Theo, the ‘Goodest Boy’ in town! #WhoLetTheDogsOut #dayoff (sic).”
A lil' bit of #hockey on my day off with Theo, the 'Goodest Boy' in town! ? #WhoLetTheDogsOut #dayoff pic.twitter.com/YQm7L42Cr1
— Jemimah Rodrigues (@JemiRodrigues) May 18, 2019
Ace commentator Harsha Bhogle was also very impressed with what he saw as he tweeted:
Excellent, @JemiRodrigues
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) May 18, 2019
Impressed with her skills, Hockey India were quick to tweet too, writing:
“Great dribbling skills, we’re open for trials!”
Great dribbling skills, we're open for trials! ? https://t.co/4my5PWmKfq
— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) May 18, 2019
Rodrigues then replied by writing:
Looks like it’s time to sharpen my hockey skills! ?
Looks like it's time to sharpen my hockey skills! ?
— Jemimah Rodrigues (@JemiRodrigues) May 19, 2019
Jemimah Rodrigues, meanwhile, had played several sports, including hockey at the state level, before taking up cricket as her career.
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