Updated On: 16 December, 2025 09:45 AM IST | Mumbai | Subodh Mayure
India's World Cup-winning women’s team’s head coach, Amol Muzumdar, also lavished praise on vice captain Smriti Mandhana, especially her stylish cover drive

Amol Muzumdar (left) is felicitated by Bombay Gymkhana president Sanjiv Saran Mehra
India's World Cup-winning women’s team’s head coach Amol Muzumdar was all praise for Mumbai batter Jemimah Rodrigues’s unbeaten 76 versus New Zealand just before her unbeaten 127 against defending champions Australia in the semi-finals at the DY Patil Stadium on October 30.
“I think that New Zealand game [Jemimah scored a 55-ball 76] was key. Before the New Zealand game, there were a couple of sleepless nights because that was a must-win game. It was like a quarter-final. Only if we win the game, would we get into the semi-finals,” Muzumdar said during a felicitation function at the Bombay Gymkhana on Monday when veteran journalists Rajdeep Sardesai asked him if Jemimah’s knock against Australia in the semi-finals was the turning point.