New Delhi, Oct. 30 -- Jemimah Rodrigues broke down into tears after the right-hander played the innings of her lifetime as her 127 not out guided India to beat Australia by five wickets in a record-breaking run chase and enter the final of the ICC Women's World Cup 2025 on Thursday. India will take on South Africa in the summit clash on Sunday.

Chasing a mammoth target of 339 runs, India lost both the openers in the 10th over. But a 167-run stand for the third wicket between Harmanpreet and Jemimah took the game away from the Australians as India won the game with more than an over to spare. It was India's third final entry after 2005 and 2017, where the Women in Blue lost on both occasions.

In the process, Jemimah became only the secon...