Overview
- Sunil Gavaskar fulfilled his promise by gifting Jemimah Rodrigues a custom bat-shaped guitar and joining her for a duet on the eve of the Women’s Premier League.
- At 25 years and 127 days, Rodrigues became the youngest captain in WPL history, surpassing Smriti Mandhana’s mark from 2023.
- Rodrigues’ Delhi Capitals began their WPL 2026 campaign with a 50-run defeat to Mumbai Indians at DY Patil Stadium after MI posted 195/4 and bowled DC out for 145.
- Harmanpreet Kaur top-scored for MI with 74 and Nat Sciver-Brunt added 70, while Nicola Carey and Amelia Kerr claimed three wickets each as DC’s Chinelle Henry’s late fifty proved insufficient.
- Rodrigues’ rising profile follows her unbeaten 127 in the 2025 World Cup semi-final against Australia, a knock she says was influenced by Virat Kohli’s advice about being ‘chosen for a moment.’