“Towards the end, I was just quoting a scripture from the Bible – to just stand still and that God will fight for me. I just stood there and he fought for me.” – Jemimah Rodrigues!

Featuring in her maiden World Cup, Jemimah brought back memories of her skipper Harmanpreet Kaur’s iconic 171 not out in Derby eight years ago, with an epic unbeaten 127 at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Thursday to power India to the final of the 2025 ICC Women’s World Cup with a five-wicket win over Australia.

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This also ended the defending champions’ 15-match unbeaten streak in World Cups. In the title clash on Sunday, the Women-in-Blue will take on South Africa, who defeated England in the first semi-final on Wednesday.

Chasing 339, India were under early pressure at 59/2 within the

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