Mumbai/IBNS, Nov. 27 -- Brisbane Heat have announced that Indian batting star Jemimah Rodrigues will not rejoin the squad for the rest of the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) season, after she requested to remain in India following the postponement of teammate Smriti Mandhana's wedding.

Rodrigues had returned home 10 days ago after the Heat's game against the Hobart Hurricanes to participate in Mandhana's wedding celebrations.

However, the ceremony was called off at the last minute due to the ill health of Mandhana's father.

The 24-year-old has since chosen to stay back to support the family, a decision Brisbane Heat said they completely understood and respected.

Heat CEO Terry Svenson said the franchise fully backed Rodrigues' choice, ...