Jemima will get the captaincy of DC (Photo-PTI)
Jemimah Rodrigues DC Captain: Before the fourth season of the Women’s Premier League, Delhi Capitals has taken a big decision and decided to change the captain of its team. Meg Lanning was the captain of the team for the last two years but now this responsibility is going to go to Jemimah Rodriguez. The official announcement of this decision will be made on December 23. The Delhi franchise had entered the WPL 2026 mega auction after dropping former captain Meg Lanning from the team for a two-year stint, while the team retained Indian batsman and vice-captain Jemimah in its team.
Jemimah Rodrigues was indicated to be made the captain
According to the report of Cricbuzz, this star player who made India win the World Cup against Australia will now be given the captaincy. happened in Delhi last month WPL 2026 in players auction DC Co-owner Parth Jindal had hinted at handing over the captaincy to Rodriguez. When the team signed South African captain Laura Woolworth, they immediately said that they wanted to make an Indian the captain. It is clear that if Woolworth will not become the captain, then Jemimah Rodrigues will take over this responsibility and this will be confirmed by 6 pm on 23rd December.
Rodrigues is Delhi’s first choice
From the very beginning, Rodriguez was seen as an important player in Delhi’s long-term plans. In the first auction held in 2023, the franchise was the first to bid for her, and Jemimah was the first among the five players retained by Delhi before the next season. Apart from Jemima, Shefali Verma, Annabel Sutherland (Australia), Marizanne Kapp (South Africa) and Under-19 World Cup winning captain Nikki Prasad were also retained by the team.
Rodrigues is an amazing player
Rodrigues has played all 27 matches for Delhi Capitals in the last three seasons. In these matches Jemima 24 Scored 507 runs in the innings at an average of 28.16 and strike rate of 139.66. Let us tell you that this year Jemima played an important role in India’s first World Cup victory. He helped the team enter the final by scoring unbeaten 127 runs against Australia in the semi-final. In this match, India chased the score of 340 runs.