Jemimah Rodrigues revealed Sunday that India’s victory over arch-rivals Pakistan on the Women’s T20 World Cup was impressed by “extraordinary” famous person Virat Kohli. Rodrigues hit an undefeated 53 off 38 deliveries to steer her aspect to a seven-wicket win in Cape Town as India chased down their 150-run goal with six balls to spare. Matchwinner Rodrigues admitted that recollections of Kohli’s blistering 82 not out off 53 balls in India’s four-wicket victory towards Pakistan within the Men’s T20 World Cup final 12 months had been inspirational.

“India v Pakistan matches are always a little bit more special — we spoke about it in the team meeting,” mentioned the 22-year-old.

“Growing up we always watched these matches. I remember watching the match at the MCG where Virat Kohli played such an extraordinary knock.

“We did talk about it however we additionally simply needed to go on the market and put our first win on the board. We simply needed to exit, play the identical cricket and with the identical depth as traditional.”

Rodrigues came into the World Cup on the back of a worrying run of form which had seen her hit just one score over 30 in her last 10 T20 international innings.

But on Sunday she was the star of the show, ably supported by 19-year-old wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh who made 31 not out.

“This innings means loads to me — I hadn’t been getting scores for a very long time,” Rodrigues told a news conference.

“As a batter once you’re not getting scores, it is undoubtedly not an pleasurable time. I used to be working actually arduous within the nets, I knew I used to be ticking all of the containers, placing within the effort and going to the fitness center.

“It was very tough but when it mattered the most, it came, so it was very special for me.”

Sunday’s win was India’s eleventh in 14 T20 conferences with their regional rivals.

However, Pakistan put up a aggressive complete of 149-4 after profitable the toss with captain Bismah Maroof hitting an undefeated 68. Ayesha Naseem, 18, made 43 not out off 25 balls.

“We played very good cricket throughout the match. There were errors in our bowling, but overall it was a good match,” mentioned Bismah.

“There are lots of learnings and we’re planning to be better next game.”

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