Jemimah slammed 127* in the Women's World Cup semi-final against Australia.
After her match-winning ton in the knockout fixture, Jemimah was left overwhelmed with wave of calls, messages and social media attention. The craze was such that India batter had to uninstall WhatsApp just days before the final.
Speaking to Cricbuzz, Jemimah revealed that she was flooded with nearly a thousand messages from unknown numbers, leaving her unable to focus. Consequently, she decided to disconnect completely to prepare for the title clash.
"I don't know how random people started getting my number. I'm not even over-exaggerating, but I had 1000 WhatsApp messages. I couldn't take it because firstly, a lot had happened in that game. A lot of my emotions itself were there. I'm preparing for a final and the tournament is not over. Yes, I played a knock. Yes, we won. Yes, India was in the final. But, we still had a World Cup final to win," Jemimah said.
"Even if I was not reading the message, it was just buzzing. And I just knew that people were messaging me and I just wanted to prepare for the finals. So, till the finals, I didn't install WhatsApp," she added.
Once the global showpiece was over, Jemimah Rodrigues finally checked her social media accounts, only to find her entire feed filled with posts about her semi-final innings and India's title win.
“I've never seen such a sight, even till now, just randomly scrolling Instagram and suddenly my video or something comes up. Or someone is talking about me," she remarked.
India defeated South Africa in the final at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on November 2 to clinch their maiden Women’s World Cup title. Jemimah scored 24 off 37 balls in the summit clash.