Navi Mumbai, Oct. 31 -- Sometimes, in sport, destiny whispers through the cracks of adversity. For Jemimah Rodrigues, it came in the form of a mistimed pull shot from her captain. Harmanpreet Kaur fell for a magnificent 89 against Australia, and for a fleeting second, all of India held its breath.
But what looked like heartbreak turned out to be revelation.
Jemimah, her shirt soaked in sweat, her focus dimming after a marathon stand of 167 with her captain, suddenly found her heartbeat again. "It wasn't a blessing. but it was a blessing in disguise," she would later confess, her voice steady but eyes betraying the storm she had weathered. "When Harry di got out, I told myself - 'Ok, she's out. I'll score for her.' And from that moment, th...