In the Women world cup 2025 semifinal played at the DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai, India lost by five wickets to Australia, Jemimah Rodrigues made one of the greatest innings in the history of Indian woman cricket. She could not be beaten in 127 of the 134 balls she made India purchase a record chase of 339 and got a place in the final with South Africa.
Having been the first to bat, Australia made a good start at 338 in 49.5 overs with Phoebe Litchfield making 119 and Ellyse Perry 77. The pursuit of India started off on a shaky note with the loss of both openers but Jemimah and the skipper, Harmanpreet Kaur (89) provided the partnership of 167 that took India to a historic win.
This was one of the brilliant performances of Jemimah as now, she has played 58 ODIs on behalf of India. Her stability and calmness at the crease have been compared to the initial years of Virat Kohli. After her match-winning knock, cricketing fans began to make comparison between her figures and the records of Kohli who has played 58 ODIs only.
1. Jemimah Rodrigues vs Virat Kohli Who scores more and with a higher average in 58 ODIs?
Jemimiah Rodrigues has made 1,725 runs with a strike rate of 90.31 and an average of 35.20 after 58 ODIs. She has had a track record against the best teams with 454 runs in 11 matches against Australia and 286 against South Africa. Jemimah also has scored highly against New Zealand with an average of 48.60 in seven games.
Virat Kohli was averaging 42.89 and had 2,059 at the same stage with a strike rate of 81.57. He was already emerging as the important player in India with 591 runs in the match against Sri Lanka, 282 runs in the match against South Africa and 182 runs in the match against Australia. Kohli is slightly ahead of Dunn in his early career statistics on both the number of runs and average.
2. Jemimah Rodrigues vs Virat Kohli -Who scores more hundreds in 58 ODIs?
Jemimah has already made 3 centuries and 8 fifties in her 58 ODIs. Her highest score is 127 against Australia in the semifinal of the 2025 world cup, which proved her rising profile. She had previously scored 123 against South Africa and 102 against Ireland demonstrating her versatility to perform well in any circumstances.
In 58 ODIs already Kohli had scored five centuries and 14 half-centuries. He scored his best 118 off Australia in Visakhapatnam, his other notable hundred being off Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and also New Zealand. The conversion rate of Kohli was slightly higher in his younger days.
3. Jemimah Rodrigues vs Virat Kohli – Who has more winning attitude by the 58 ODIs?
Jemimah has played 34 ODIs in total in which he has scored 1236runs at a superb average of 45.77 and a strike rate of 96.03. She has hit all her three centuries in winning causes, which highlights her contribution to the success of the team. Interestingly, India has hardly ever lost when she has passed the mark of 50.
Virat Kohli played 36 in his 58 initial ODIs whereby he scored 1,531 runs with an average of 52.79 and a strike rate of 84.35. In his victories he had noted five centuries and nine fifties. His record of successful wins in games on behalf of India brought him the groundwork to the title of being one of the greatest chasers in cricket.
4. Jemimah Rodrigues vs Virat Kohli- Who scores better in chases after 58 ODIs?
In the process of chasing, Jemimah has 26 ODIs with 763 runs and a score of 38.15 and a strike of 79.14. She has a hundred and fifty years in chases and this shows she is capable of dealing with any pressure situation. She scores 962 runs with a greater strike rate of 101.69 when she is a first time bat.
The chasing record of Kohli following 58 ODIs was already record. In 35 games as a second batsman, he had 1,407 run with an average of 50.25 and three centuries and 10 fifties. He was batting first and had a total of 652 runs with an average of 32.60 indicating that at a very young age in his career, he was the player whom the Indians could rely on in case they needed to run.
