Even though we were opponents, Annabel Sutherland congratulated me, reveals Jemimah Rodrigues

Published - 07 Nov 2025, 21:24 IST | Updated - 07 Nov 2025, 22:11 IST

Ace India Women's batter Jemimah Rodrigues has opened up on the touching message sent by Annabel Sutherland, the all-rounder, after the semi-final clash between India and Australia during the Women's World Cup 2025. Jemimah had starred with an unbeaten 134-ball 127 in a fabulous display with the bat to guide her side to a record run-chase and producing one of the most memorable wins in World Cup history.

The Mumbai-born revealed how the all-rounder and her Delhi Capitals' teammate Sutherland commended the former's performance with the bat on text, and also admitted that it was her occasion to savour. Both of them were recently retained by DC ahead of WPL 2026's mega auction. Jemimah conceded how she admired Sutherland's benevolent personality and said that she was overjoyed to represent DC alongside.

“After the game, it was heartbreaking for them to lose a semi-final. I know how much it means to Bellsy and how much she loves her cricket, even though she doesn’t always show it. She messaged me saying, ‘The character you’ve shown throughout this tournament has been outstanding. You totally deserve to own that moment tonight.” stated Jemimah in a post on DC’s Instagram account.

“I looked at that message and thought, what a person! They had just suffered the most heartbreaking loss, yet she still reached out to a friend to encourage me, even though we were opponents at that moment. I have mad respect for her. She’s going to do special things for Australia, which is scary for us, but also for DC. I’m so glad we’ll share the dressing room again,” she added.

Both the DC stars have been retained by the three-time WPL runner-ups for INR 2.2 crore each. It remains to be seen how the franchise will build the remainder of their squad at the mega auction on November 27 which is scheduled to take place in New Delhi.

Shafali Verma, Marizanne Kapp and Niki Prasad are the three others to be retained at INR 2.2 crore, INR 2.2 crore and INR 50 lakh, respectively. Meg Lanning, N Shree Charani, Radha Yadav and Arundhati Reddy are among the prominent players released by the Delhi-based team.