How India celebrated the emotional World Cup win in dressing room; Jemimah gets hugs

Jemimah Rodrigues led India to a historical Women's World Cup last with an outstanding unbeaten 127 runs against Australia successful the semi-final. Despite battling anxiousness and affectional struggles disconnected the field, she showed singular spot erstwhile it mattered most, helping India decision the seven-time champions.The 25-year-old's masterful innings came astatine a important time, arsenic she faced idiosyncratic challenges including being dropped from past year's World Cup squad. She admitted to crying astir regular portion dealing with anxiousness and intelligence wellness issues.

"Today was not astir my 50 oregon my 100. Today was astir making India win. I cognize I got a fewer chances, but I conscionable consciousness similar God has fixed everything astatine the close clip and helium grew it into the close intention, axenic intention.

And I conscionable consciousness everything has happened truthful acold conscionable to beryllium up for this. You marque your ain luck," Rodrigues said aft receiving the Player of the Match award.WATCH VIDEO: How India celebrated the triumph vs Australia successful the dressing roomShe opened up astir her hard journey, sharing however enactment from those astir her helped her flooded her struggles. "Firstly, past twelvemonth I was dropped from this World Cup. This twelvemonth I came and I thought, okay, I'll effort it. I was successful bully form, let's instrumentality it more. But things back-to-back conscionable kept happening, and I couldn't power anything.

I had specified astonishing radical astir maine who believed successful me," she revealed.During the tense last moments of the match, Rodrigues kept her composure done self-talk and prayer. She drew spot from a Bible verse, saying, "I deliberation initially I was conscionable trying to enactment focussed, I conscionable support talking to myself. But towards the extremity I was conscionable quoting 1 scripture from the Bible. Because I had mislaid energy, I was precise tired. I was doing 1 scripture that said, 'Just basal inactive and God volition combat for you'.

And I conscionable stood determination and helium fought for me."As she made her mode to the dressing room, she was greeted with an affectional clump of teammates pursuing the singular triumph implicit the defending champions Australia, the seven-time winners and overwhelming favourites to adhd to that list.