New Delhi, Sept. 22 -- Suprita Das

In 2017, she was just another teenager in the Mumbai U19 team, standing in line outside Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, garland in hand, waiting to welcome India's ODI World Cup runners-up. By 2022, she was on the other side of heartbreak-dropped from the senior squad ahead of the ODI World Cup, her form deserting her at the worst possible time. And now, in 2025, Jemimah Rodrigues, stands at the cusp of her first ever ODI World Cup, a home one at that, not just back in the team, but central to India's campaign.

Her journey has been anything but smooth. Nothing like her impromptu mash-up sessions with friends, where she can glide-whether singing, dancing or playing the guitar...