India women’s T20 skipper Harmanpreet Kaur stated that her side has a lot of hopes from Jemimah Rodrigues after her brilliant batting in ‘The Hundred’. Rodrigues ended up scoring 249 runs for Northern Superchargers in the inaugural season of ‘The Hundred’, with highest score of 92 runs and three half-century plus knocks.
“Jemimah Rodrigues played really good cricket in The Hundred. Her individual performance was quite good and she played the role perfectly for her side. We have high hopes for her, when someone is in good form, the team has high expectations. We wish the form she showed in The Hundred, the same she has for us in the T20I series against Australia,” said Harmanpreet while replying to an ANI query during a virtual pre-match press conference.
India women will play a three-match T20I series vs Australia women after losing the ODI series 2-1 and ending the only Test in a draw.
“Earlier, when I got injured, it was difficult. I was always involved in the game, but this time I learnt a lot sitting on the sidelines. I am quite better now, I have confidence and I am hitting the ball well in the nets. I missed the ODI series and Test because I was not fit and it was hampering my fielding. But I am perfectly fine now, I have a lot of cricket coming up so I am excited,” said Harmanpreet.
“Rules and regulations that we are following right now, we have to stay away from fitness for 10-15 days and for a regular player, it is hard. Personally, I have accepted this, you need to give yourself time and if I keep thinking things are not going my way, then that is not good for me. I want to give my 100 per cent in all the matches I play. Right now, I am thankful to my support staff for taking care of me and they are managing my workload,” she added.
Harmanpreet missed the ODI series and one-off Test match vs Australia women with injury.