Jemimah Rodrigues Set To Be Named Captain After WC Heroics

The Indian Women’s Cricket Team finally had their hands on the ICC title as they won the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025. Beating South Africa in the final, the Harmanpreet Kaur-led side scripted history and gave immense joy to fans all around the globe. It was a collective effort from the entire team, as almost every player chipped in at some time and helped the team win the title. The likes of Smriti Mandhana, Pratika Rawal, Jemimah Rodrigues, captain Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepti Sharma, and others gave their best and ended the title drought.

Jemimah Rodrigues Likely to Get the Delhi Capitals Captaincy

Following her heroics in the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025, Jemimah Rodrigues has become the star of the nation. This performance surely would take her career to new heights, and potentially, there might be a leadership role coming for her in the Women's Premier League (WPL). Jemimah Rodrigues, who is the vice-captain of Delhi Capitals in the WPL, might take over the captaincy. There are high chances that management can announce Jemimah Rodrigues captain of Delhi Capitals post the retention deadline.

Meg Lanning, one of the best women cricketer, is the captain of the team, and is in the fag end of her career. The DC management would want to groom young talent, who is touted as the future Indian skipper. If given captaincy, this could be a massive moment for her. DC are yet to win the WPL, having reached the final multiple times. They would be eager to win the trophy in the next edition.

Jemimah Rodrigues World Cup Performance: New Star Loading

Jemimah Rodrigues has been one of the key performers for India in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025. The young batter gave her best throughout the tournament, and despite getting dropped from the XI midway, she came up with a magical performance. Jemimah Rodrigues’ best performance came in the semi-final against Australia. India needed someone to come up with a magical show to win; they needed to script the record of the highest successful run chase in women's ODI cricket as Australia posted a mammoth total of 338 runs.

India faced a setback right at the start as both openers in Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana, got out inside the power play. However, it was then that Jemimah Rodrigues took the onus onto himself and played the best innings of her career. She batted brilliantly throughout, playing the shots with complete control. Jemimah slammed a magical ton in the game and ended up with the innings of unbeaten 127 runs that took India to the win even before their quota of 50 overs got completed.

Overall in the tournament, Jemimah was brilliant. She ended the tournament as the third-highest run-getter for India behind Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal. The right-hander ended with 292 runs at an average of 58 to go with one ton and one fifty.