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After Harmanpreet Kaur, another great player in making: 16-year-old female player smashes double ton in ODI

Speed News Desk | Updated on: 6 November 2017, 13:47 IST
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It was just recently when Mithali Raj, Smriti Mandhana, Jhulan Goswami, Poonam Raut, Ekta Bist, Harmanpreet Kaur and many others became the new superstar of cricket world with their outstanding performance in the woman's world-cup 2017. Even though the women-in-blue lost their final match to the English team, yet the Indian squad created a buzz on social media.

Now a Mumbai based 16-year-old cricketer named Jemimah Rodrigues slammed a double century in the Under-19 super league in the limited overs match. Jemimah with her batting destroyed the opposition bowling and help her team to score a total sum of 347. The right-handed batter was representing Mumbai in a 50-over domestic match against Saurashtra at Aurangabad.

In a 50 over match, Jemimah Rodrigues hit 202 runs just in 163 balls. The 16-year-old cricketer included into the U19 superleague when she was just 13 years old and she has scored two centuries in the same tournament.

When Jemimah Rodrigues had started to play cricket at a very young age, she started her game as a bowler but eventually she grew as one of the top class batters. Now the cricketer opens the inning for side or come at the number three.

When it comes to cricket especially female cricket, then Mumbai has given the one of the best players who have earned praises at the international level.

First published: 6 November 2017, 13:47 IST