Indian cricketer Jemimah Rodrigues has praised the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) move to introduce a new AI tool to curb online abuse in women’s cricket.

The game’s governing body successfully conducted trials for the same during the recently held Women’s T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates.

India had a disappointing campaign where they failed to make it to the semis despite being one of the favourites to lift the coveted trophy.

The Women in Blue lost their last league game to Australia, after which New Zealand’s win over Pakistan officially knocked them out of the showpiece tournament.

Subsequently, Harmanpreet Kaur and her troops faced severe backlash on social media platforms. Jemimah, who is currently playing for Brisbane Heat in the Women’s Big Bash League, lauded the ICC for taking a measure to restraint online abuse.

“It’s a very good initiative by the ICC. I remember I had gone in that live because, you know, sometimes social media can be harsh. In the end, we are humans, we are all here doing our best, trying to do whatever we can. Somedays we are great, somedays we are not.

“So, it’s harsh to see people commenting all sorts of things on social media,” Jemimah told India Today in a virtual interaction, organised by Cricket Australia.

“It was such a nice thing from the ICC just to protect us and just to keep the game so pure. We are here to go out there to play and enjoy cricket, rather than dealing with all these things,” she added.

Jemimah Rodrigues starred with the bat in Brisbane Heat’s win over Adelaide Strikers on Saturday (November 9). Batting at No.3, she scored 61 runs off 40 balls with seven boundaries and a six.

Jemimah’s knock made sure the Heat posted a decent total of 175/6 on the board. The match went right down to the wire where Brisbane emerged victorious by eight runs.