Jemimah Rodrigues played what was arguably what was the best knock of her international career as she powered India to the ICC Women's World Cup 2025 final, with a victory over Australia at the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai on October 30. The right-hander walked in to bat at number after the fall of Shafali Verma's wicket and played a sensational knock (127* off 134 deliveries) to see the Women in Blue through to the final. As Jemimah Rodrigues scored the sensational century, fans noticed similarities between her and Gautam Gambhir's performance in the 2011 World Cup final. Both players walked in to bat at number three, played match-winning knocks and interestingly, had stained jerseys in their respective World Cup knockout run chases. And both have no 5 as their jersey numbers

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