"Can't wait to play Cricket for India at the Olympics soon"- Jemimah Rodrigues excited to represent nation at grand stage in 2028
Indian women's cricketer Jemimah Rodrigues has expressed her excitement to represent the country at the Olympics. Cricket will be a part of the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028, and Rodrigues wants to be a part of that squad.
Jemimah Rodrigues cheered for the Indian athletes at the Paris 2024 Olympics by wearing the special Indian jersey designed for the mega event. She even clicked a picture in that jersey and posted it on Instagram, mentioning how she always supports Indian athletes irrespective of the results.
Taking to Instagram earlier today (August 10), Jemimah Rodrigues wrote:
"Loved wearing this current Indian Olympic jersey Can't wait to play Cricket for India at the Olympics soon!! Man, what a feeling that'd be! 👊🏼 Also our Indian athletes have shown tremendous passion, commitment, persistence and grit! Win or lose, we're proud of you."
Jemimah's post has received more than 50,000 likes within two hours on Instagram. Many fans expressed their desire to witness Jemimah on the grand stage of the Olympics in Los Angeles four years later.
Jemimah Rodrigues has already won a gold medal for India at a mega sports event
Cricket returned to the Asian Games last year in China, and the BCCI gave the green signal to both men's and women's teams to participate. Both teams won the gold medal in their respective categories, and Jemimah was a part of the Indian team that won the women's cricket tournament.
India dominated the Asian Games tournament, but the Olympics will be a different challenge because teams from outside Asia will also participate. It will be interesting to see if the Indian women's cricket team wins the gold medal in Los Angeles in 2028.
As far as Jemimah is concerned, the 23-year-old batter played her 100th T20I for India last month. She has scored 2,074 runs in 87 innings of her career so far.