Stories of resilience poured in through the night of November 2, as India celebrated its first-ever women’s cricket World Cup victory. For skipper Harmanpreet Kaur it was the reward for enduring weeks of insults after losing three of the league games. For young Shafali Verma, dropped before the World Cup, it was a comeback to prove herself. For all-rounder Deepti Sharma, getting recognised as ‘Player of the Tournament’ became a befitting reply to all the criticism she faced during World Cup 2017.

But for Jemimah Rodrigues, despite and perhaps because of her outstanding performance in the semis, the same brickbats of unadulterated hate thrown at her for her faith, kept coming even amid the glory of India’s victory. Jemimah had, after her stunning 127 not-out in the semi final against Austr

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