Overview
- Rodrigues scored six off nine balls on debut for the season as Brisbane Heat were bowled out for 133 against the Melbourne Renegades.
- Alice Capsey removed Rodrigues and finished with 3 for 22, while Georgia Wareham and Tess Flintoff also claimed three wickets each.
- Nadine de Klerk opened for the Heat and top-scored with 40, sharing a 38-run stand with Rodrigues for the second wicket.
- After rain reduced the chase to 66 from 8 overs, the Renegades won by seven wickets in 7.3 overs, led by Courtney Webb’s unbeaten 34.
- A WBBL video showed Rodrigues and South Africa’s Nadine de Klerk sharing a hug as new teammates, and the India batter joked on air about being ‘allowed’ into Australia following her semi-final heroics.