Delhi: India’s Women’s ODI World Cup-winning batsman Jemimah Rodrigues’ return to competitive cricket after the World Cup did not live up to expectations. In the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) match played against Melbourne Renegades on Sunday, her team Brisbane Heat had to face defeat by 7 wickets.

Was out after scoring only six runs

Jemima, playing her first match after India’s historic World Cup win last week, could not get off to a good start. After facing nine balls, she was caught out by Deandra Dottin at backward point off the ball of Alice Capsey. Jemima scored only six runs.

Brisbane Heat innings

For Brisbane Heat, Nadine de Klerk scored 40 runs on 38 balls and Chinelle Henry scored 29 runs on 22 balls. Despite this, the team could score only 133 runs in 20 overs. Renegades captain Georgia Wareham (3/12) and Alice Capsey (3/22) bowled brilliantly in the middle overs, while Tess Flintoff (3/30) did not give the Heat any chance to make a comeback in the final overs.

Revised target due to rain

In the rain-affected match, Melbourne Renegades got a revised target of 66 runs in 8 overs to win, which the team achieved in just 7.3 overs and won the match.

Jemima’s memorable century in the semi-finals

It is noteworthy that in the semi-finals of the recently concluded ODI World Cup, Jemimah Rodrigues had played a historic inning of 127 unbeaten runs against Australia. In that match. When the Indian team was struggling with the initial setbacks, Jemima along with captain Harmanpreet Kaur took charge of the innings and brought the team on the path to victory.

That memorable innings of Jemima had made her one of the most reliable batsmen of Indian women’s cricket, but her comeback in WBBL did not live up to expectations.