Bollywood actor Suniel Shetty penned a observe on his social media praising Jemimah Rodrigues for standing by the aspect of her teammate Smriti Mandhana after she opted out of Girls’s Massive Bash League (WBBL).
Shetty shared a screenshot of a newspaper article on his X deal with on Saturday and praised Rodrigues’ motion, saying it’s what “actual teammates do”.
“Ran into this text very first thing within the morning and my coronary heart felt full. Jemimah leaving the WBBL to be by Smriti’s aspect. No large statements, simply quiet solidarity. That is what actual teammates do. Easy. Straight. Real,” he wrote within the put up.
Rodrigues had returned just a few days again to attend Mandhana’s wedding ceremony and was scheduled to fly again to finish her Girls’s Massive Bash League (WBBL) task for Brisbane Warmth.
However Mandhana’s father took in poor health on the eve of the marriage and the ceremony obtained postponed. Rodrigues then determined to be by Mandhana’s aspect to assist her.
Earlier this week, the Brisbane Warmth had issued an announcement, saying they’d agreed to a request to launch Rodrigues from the rest of the Girls’s Massive Bash League.
“Rodrigues returned house to India after the Warmth’s match towards the Hobart Hurricanes 10 days in the past as a part of a pre-arranged dedication the place she was to be concerned in Indian teammate Smriti Mandhana’s wedding ceremony final weekend.
“Nonetheless, the celebrations have been subsequently postponed attributable to a well being challenge with Mandhana’s father. Rodrigues will keep in India to assist her teammate, and the Warmth has agreed to her not returning for the ultimate 4 video games of the WBBL season,” the crew mentioned.
Rodrigues had performed a pivotal position in India lifting their maiden Girls’s World Cup, smashing an unbeaten century within the semifinal towards seven-time champions Australia because the hosts overhauled a steep 300-plus whole.
She was the Warmth’s No.1 decide on the ‘Worldwide Participant’ draft earlier this 12 months.
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