A year ago, India's Mumbai-based batswoman Jemimah Rodrigues was coming to terms with the fact that she was an India player at 17. A year after her India debut (v South Africa in a T20 game on February 13, 2018 at Potchefstroom), she is as content without getting too ahead of herself.

Back home from her tour of New Zealand where India won the ODI series 2-1, but were thrashed 0-3 in the T20 series, the Bandra girl who scored 132 runs in the T20 series and 93 in the ODIs, is now focused on improving her game. Her T20 form earned her a second place in the ICC rankings, behind Suzie Bates of New Zealand.
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