South African all-rounder Marizanne Kapp praised Jemimah Rodrigues‘ management expertise forward of the upcoming version of the Girls’s Premier League (WPL). Kapp is about to play underneath Rodrigues‘ captaincy in WPL 2026. The Indian batter has been named skipper of Delhi Capitals, changing Meg Lanning, who will lead the UP Warriorz.
Whereas Rodrigues has captained Mumbai on the state stage, she has not taken the management position within the WPL or within the worldwide circuit.
Throughout a current interview, Kapp defined a number of the qualities which may make Rodrigues a high quality captain.
„I truly mentioned a few years in the past that Jemimah needs to be India’s subsequent captain. She’s at all times been a frontrunner. Her persona, the best way she brings individuals collectively, the caring issue, that every one issues. Even skilled captains face challenges. Jemimah has loads of senior gamers round her, and I feel she’ll take this chance with each palms,” Kapp mentioned in an interview with Cricbuzz.
Dropping Meg as a captain is clearly an enormous factor: Kapp
Kapp additionally admitted that shedding Lanning as captain was a large setback for the Capitals. Lanning had guided the Capitals to high the desk in all three editions of the WPL and helped them end as runners-up. With 5 World Cup titles as captain, she is third on the record of main run-getters in WPL historical past.
„Dropping Meg as a captain is clearly an enormous factor. She’s a really profitable captain, not just for DC however in world cricket normally,“ Kapp added.
Coming again to Jemimah, the right-handed batter had a topsy-turvy marketing campaign within the Girls’s ODI World Cup final yr. She was dismissed for geese in opposition to Sri Lanka and South Africa earlier than being dropped. Nevertheless, she bounced again commendably and scored a memorable century within the semi-final in opposition to Australia. Within the marquee occasion, Jemimah completed as India’s third-highest run-scorer behind openers Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal, averaging a staggering 58.40.
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