Rodrigues had a lean patch through the home series against South Africa and the recently concluded limited-overs matches in England.
Mandhana, the Indian T20 vice captain, is set to form a devastating opening partnership with England's Danni Wyatt at Southern Brave.
In the form of a heartfelt note, India's star batter Jemimah Rodrigues has thanked the previous generation of women cricketers who laid the foundation for the team that it has become today.
The 20-year-old joins her T20I skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, vice-captain Smriti Mandhana, opener Shafali Verma and all-rounder Deepti Sharma in the 100-ball tournament.
With 744 rating points, Verma is behind leader Beth Mooney (748) of Australia while Mandhana has 693 points.
Mandhana will lead the Trailblazers, while Harmanpreet Kaur and Mithali Raj will be leading the Supernovas and Velocity teams respectively.
Countries such as Australia and England organised T20 tournaments for women to develop the game and Rodrigues believes the same will happen in India if there's a women's IPL.
Rodrigues wants her fans to begin Sunday with a little bit of music and hence released a video of her singing Chand sa roshan chera.
Like most other cricketers, Mandhana too had a fan interaction on Twitter on Friday following a request made to her by her fan on the previous evening. During the interaction, one of her fans asked if she was missing Jemimah, with whom she shares a great camaraderie.
Jemimah Rodrigues danced to the tune of a Bollywood song alongside an off-duty security personnel ahead of India's match against New Zealand.
On the work front, Kartik Aaryan is currently shooting for 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2' directed by Anees Bazmee. The film also stars Kiara Advani.
Jemimah Rodrigues recently posted a picture on Instagram of her with Selman aged 13 and, six years on, the pair are playing at the Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.
India will begin their campaign in the women's T20 World Cup against Australia on February 21.
India and Australia will be meeting in Sydney on February 21 coming off the tri-nation T20I series final on Wednesday, which Australia won.
India will be travelling early to Australia to play a tri-nation series along with the host nation and England before the main event.
Besides Rodrigues, young Shafali Verma also made significant progress in the just-released T20I Player Rankings, after playing stellar roles in a stunning 5-0 series sweep over the West Indies.
Batting first, West Indies were restricted to a measly total of 59/9 in their designated 20 overs and India chased it down in the 17th over with 7 wickets in hand.
India rode on a brilliant 141-run opening stand between Mandhana (74) and Rodrigues (69) to chase down the 195-run target with 47 balls to spare at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium.
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