We’ve not performed to our highest potential, says Jemimah after conceding collection sweep to Australia

India batter Jemimah Rodrigues admitted that the aspect’s efficiency was less than the requirements in its 0-3 drubbing by the hands of Australia within the ODI leg of the multi-format collection.

“I don’t think there’s any reason we can give for our performance. We need to accept what we’ve done. We’ve not played to our highest potential, especially in the fielding department, I think a lot of work remains to be done. We have been working on it, but it’s definitely not of the standard expected for the Indian Women’s team. I can assure you that we will work on it and come back stronger,” Jemimah mentioned after India’s 190-run loss to Australia within the third ODI right here on Tuesday.

There has been lots of chatter about Jemimah’s batting place, with the batter sticking to a decrease middle-order slot to accommodate Richa Ghosh at quantity 3.

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“I am comfortable batting anywhere from one to 11. You saw how Richa got going, being aggressive at the start and once settled in, she took the game away. Once the field is spread, I am very good at manipulating gaps, running between the wickets and building partnerships. I think it was communicated very well to me because in ODIs, I usually bat at number four or number five as I did in the Bangladesh series. So I don’t think there was anything major that happened or a shift,” she defined.

Jemimah additionally revealed that she was combating a fever an evening earlier than she scored a hard-fought 82 within the first ODI.

“A lot of people don’t know but I was having fever the previous night. The next morning I was feeling much better. However, after a while, there is a lot of weakness and that day for some reason, Mumbai was extremely hot. But I knew Smriti (Mandhana) was not well and she was not playing so I was like we are already one batter down, I can’t afford to miss this game. The maximum that will happen was that I’d faint. During that innings, because it was extremely hot, I was coughing a lot. I went out and puked and that helped me feel much better and lighter. I would rate that innings high, personally,” she added.