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Jemimah Rodrigues: biography, stats & profile
Jemimah Rodrigues is an Indian batsman. Style: right-handed batter, bowls right-arm offbreak. Born 5 September 2000 in Bhandup, Mumbai.
Batting career stats
| Format | M | Inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 3 | 5 | 235 | 73 | 58.75 | 65.65 | — | — | 35 | 0 |
| ODI | 55 | 53 | 1522 | 123 | 31.06 | 88.44 | 0 | 3 | 162 | 5 |
| T20I | 80 | 70 | 1704 | 76 | 29.89 | 114.21 | 0 | 10 | 192 | 16 |
Bowling career stats
| Format | M | Inns | Wkts | Best | Avg | Econ | SR | 5W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0/13 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 0 |
| ODI | 55 | 4 | 5 | 4/3 | 3.6 | 2.51 | 8.6 | 0 |
| T20I | 80 | 3 | 0 | 0/6 | 0.0 | 7.67 | 0.0 | 0 |
Jemimah Rodrigues is an India batter who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm offbreaks. She was born on 5 September 2000 in Bhandup, Mumbai, and plays domestic cricket for Mumbai.
She is best known for her unbeaten 127 in India’s record chase against Australia in the 2025 World Cup semi-final. India went on to beat South Africa in the final and win the Women’s World Cup title. She also captains Delhi Capitals in the WPL.
Early life and domestic career
Before she settled on cricket, Rodrigues represented Maharashtra at Under-17 level in field hockey and also played football and basketball.
She first made headlines with an unbeaten 202 against Saurashtra in the 2017 Under-19 One Day Trophy. That made her the second Indian woman after Smriti Mandhana to score a double hundred in the tournament.
International career
Rodrigues made her T20I debut in the first match of India’s away series against South Africa in February 2018, scoring 37 in an Indian win. Her ODI debut followed against Australia Women at Vadodara on 12 March 2018.
Her Test debut came against England Women at DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai, played from 14 to 16 December 2023, and she made 68 in her first innings. On 12 January 2025 she scored her maiden ODI century, 102 against Ireland at Rajkot.
In the 2025 World Cup semi-final she hit an unbeaten 127 to power India to a world-record chase of 339 against Australia.
WPL and The Hundred
Delhi Capitals signed Rodrigues for ₹22 million at the inaugural WPL auction in February 2023. On 23 December 2025 the franchise named her captain ahead of WPL 2026, replacing Meg Lanning.
Under her captaincy the Capitals reached the WPL 2026 final, which they lost to Royal Challengers Bangalore despite her half-century. She was also signed by Southern Brave for the 2026 season of The Hundred in January 2026.
Playing style
ESPNcricinfo describes her as a right-hand batter and an occasional offbreak bowler.
Career stats at a glance
In T20Is she has scored 1704 runs in 70 innings across 80 matches, at an average of 29.89 and a strike rate of 114.21, with 10 fifties and a highest score of 76.
In ODIs she has 1522 runs from 55 matches at an average of 31.06, with a highest score of 123 and 3 fifties. She has also taken 5 ODI wickets, with best figures of 4/3.
In Tests she has 235 runs in 3 matches at an average of 58.75, with a highest score of 73.