• Jemimah Rodrigues was part of the Delhi Capitals team in WPL 2023.

  • Jemimah revealed a random boy's conversation about the inaugural WPL.

Jemimah Rodrigues recalls a boy’s conversation about WPL on the streets of Mumbai
Jemimah Rodrigues with Tara Norris

The first-ever edition of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) was a major hit globally and attracted a huge viewership from across the world. The league featured many prominent female cricketers🍸 and also witnessed several breathtaking performances from various athle♒tes.

Recently talking about the success and impact of WPL on the Breakfast with Champions YouTube show, India’s star cricketer Jemimah Rodrigues recalled an incident when she ended up eavesdropping on a random boy’s conversation about WPL on the streets of Mumbai.

Jemimah revealed how once she went out for an ice cream with her Delhi Capitals‘ (DC) teammate Tara Norris donning a hoodie and heard a boy praising the women cricketers for their great performances while she stoﷺod in the queue.

“One more interesting story. I was taking one overseas player, Tara Norris to have ice-cream. Like, let’s make her eat ice-cream. So, I went in a hoodie and all that and standing in the line. So then one guy was like, ‘Hey, are you aware that WPL is going to start?’ I suddenly became curious, he had no clue that I am standing there in the line. He is like right here. So, I wanted to hear what does he say. He says, Kya solid khelte hai yaar ye ladki log (Man, these girls play so well).” said Jemimah.

“And I was like, what a moment, what a moment. It’s honest, it’s not like you meet people, they will sometimes say just to say it. I said no ice-cream needed now, this is enough,” she added.

Notably, Jemimah was bought by the Delhi-based franchise for a whopping 2.2 crore in the WPL players’ auction. Speaking of DC’s performance in the league, they finished as the first runner-up of the inaugural tournament after getting defeated by the in the final.

This article was first published at , a Cricket Times company.

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