Delhi Capitals batter Jemimah Rodrigues on Sunday shared insights into her preparations for the upcoming season of the Girls’s Premier League. After ending as runner-up in back-to-back seasons, dropping to Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2023 and 2024, the Capitals look to go one step additional this 12 months.
“We now have been superb and constant within the final two seasons as a workforce. After all, there’s this one closing, which I’m positive we are going to cross, and get our fingers on the trophy, however we’ve got been doing the appropriate issues. There are some days when you possibly can’t management the result. We now have been placing in all our arduous work because the DC unit and can maintain taking part in to win,” she mentioned.
Jemimah additional added, “My preparation is fairly easy. No matter I’m going to face within the match, I’ll attempt to carry these conditions into follow, be it taking part in aggressively or holding the innings collectively from one finish. There’s additionally loads of power-hitting as a result of it’s T20. So, I exploit the heavy balls which assist me get my bat swing sooner and offers extra energy.”
The 24-year-old, who has scored 381 runs in 18 WPL matches at a strike fee of 143.82, additionally spoke concerning the affect of WPL on ladies’s cricket in India.
“Taking part in among the many finest within the WPL brings out the very best in each participant, whether or not they’re new to worldwide cricket or skilled. The extra aggressive video games we play, the extra we’re put in that stress state of affairs, the extra it helps us know what to do in such conditions. Even the usual within the home cricket has gone up,” Rodrigues highlighted.
She additional mentioned, “The opposite largest affect is the fan base. I believe due to WPL, and the groups, folks have began following the gamers much more. The craze for ladies’s cricket in India has gone means up.”
Talking about her bond with captain Meg Lanning, the younger batter mentioned, “I bear in mind earlier than the WPL, we performed Australia within the World Cup semis, and I noticed her on the sphere. She’s extremely aggressive with an aggressive mindset, she’s at all times seeking to take the sport on and keep constructive. That perspective made me query whether or not she’d be approachable, however once we lastly spoke as soon as the WPL began, I realised she is so down-to-earth and pleasant. I felt so good, and realised, she may not at all times categorical it, however on area, her mindset is all about aggression and main the workforce.”
Delhi Capitals will start its WPL 2025 marketing campaign in opposition to Mumbai Indians on February 15 on the BCA Stadium in Vadodara.