Updated On: 26 November, 2025 03:50 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
From childhood hustle to big-match pressure and the pure thrill of winning, Jemimah Rodrigues and Shafali Verma shared stories that were equal parts fun, emotional and inspiring

Jemimah Rodrigues and Shafali Verma
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Kajol and Twinkle welcomed World Cup champions Shafali Verma and Jemimah Rodrigues for a special episode of Two Much with Kajol and Twinkle that hits straight out of the park. From childhood hustle to big-match pressure and the pure thrill of winning, they shared stories that were equal parts fun, emotional and inspiring. It’s a vibrant celebration of passion, grit and the unstoppable rise of women’s cricket in India!
Fresh off the victory, Jemimah summed up the feeling of winning the World Cup after 52 years, “It’s a dream, not just for us, but I think every single Indian out there. And we’re so happy we could do it and we’d also spoken about this that this World Cup is not just for us, but it is also for the generation before us who set the foundation so that we could play cricket today. So I think this is everyone’s cup.” Recounting the final wicket, she continued, “Vo jab last wicket gaya, (when we took the last wicket) and we all won, I think we all ran towards Harry Di, who took the last catch. But none of us could believe what happened. It didn’t sink in. It’s like abhi bhi sapna dekh rahe hai ki ye actually ho raha hai. (Are we dreaming or is this actually happening) Because we’ve dreamed about this our entire lives.”