India complete record run chase to reach World Cup final
When Jemimah Rodrigues was trying to force herself into the India women's side as a teenager, she cut out a photograph of her face and stuck it over an image of the national team's jersey.
She told the No Balls podcast back in 2021 that she would look at it every single day for motivation, refusing to lose sight of the dream that started for a four-year-old girl playing street cricket with her brothers.
On Thursday, under the bright lights of Navi Mumbai's DY Patil Stadium, she played one of the all-time classic one-day international innings, in one of the greatest games, to lead India to a World Cup final at the expense of defending champions Australia.
It is remarkable to think that just 11 days ago Rodrigues was dropped for India's group stage game against England, which they lost by four runs.
