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New Delhi: Harmanpreet Kaur and her team finally broke Indias ICC drought by defeating South Africa in the final at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. The tournament will forever be remembered for Indians unforgettable semifinal against Australia a record-breaking run chase the highest ever in womens cricket achieved against the seven-time world champions. In the semifinal clash against Australia India pulled of the 339-run with five wickets in hand and nine balls left thanks to a stunning match-winning knock from Jemimah Rodrigues who remained unbeaten on 127 off 134 balls. A pivotal 167-run partnership with skipper Harmanpreet Kaur who also contributed 89 off 88 deliveries. Jemimah shared that she had to uninstall WhatsApp after semifinal clash A month after the tournament ended Jemimah shared that she had to uninstall WhatsApp following the semifinal win over Australia because her phone wouldnt stop buzzing and the constant messages became overwhelming for the Mumbai batter. After the semi-final knock my phone just kept buzzing and buzzing. I was getting calls from everywhere. I dont know how random people started getting my number. I had Im not even over-exaggerating but I had 1000 WhatsApp messages. I couldnt take it because firstly a lot had happened in that game. A lot of my emotions itself were there. Im preparing for a final and the tournament is not over. Yes I played a knock. Yes we won. Yes India was in the final. But we still had a World Cup final to win Jemimah told Cricbuzz. After a certain point it just started getting too much for me that I uninstalled WhatsApp. I messaged my close ones like 4-5 of them that just either call me or we can chat on a normal message but I am uninstalling WhatsApp. Because even if I was not reading the message it was just buzzing. And I just knew that people were messaging me and I just wanted to prepare for the finals. So till the finals I didnt install WhatsApp. I was off social media - maybe put one post-match post but I was off otherwise until the World Cup final she added. Jemimah said she checked social media after India won their maiden title Jemimah who had a disappointing day with the bat in the final said she only checked social media after India secured their maiden World Cup title choosing to look at everything once the job was done. After the World Cup is when I properly saw social media. And my whole social media is only about either the semi-finals or India winning the World Cup. I have never seen such a sight. Even till now just randomly scrolling Instagram and suddenly my video or something comes up. Or someone is talking about me she said. Jemimah pulls out of WBBL to support Smriti Mandhana Speaking of Jemimah she recently withdrew from the remainder of the Womens Big Bash League (BBL) with Brisbane Heat to spend time with her close friend Smriti Mandhana whose wedding was postponed after her father fell ill. Jemimah has been retained by the Delhi Capitals for the upcoming Womens Premier League (WPL) which is scheduled to start on January 9 in Navi Mumbai.