New Delhi, Oct. 18 -- Indian women's cricketer Jemimah Rodrigues has been named as the India Friendship Ambassador by Switzerland Tourism on Saturday. Rodrigues, who is currently out of the Indian national team due to injury, became the second high-profile Indian sportsperson to be appointed in this role after two-time Olympic medallist javelin ace Neeraj Chopra.

Rodrigues is currently recuperating from a high-grade right hamstring strain sustained during The Hundred that forced her to skip the Asia Cup and the Asian Games. Rodrigues' appointed was announced in Bengaluru in the presence of Switzerland Tourism CEO Martin Nydegger.

"Representing India has always been something very special to me, and wherever I travel, I carry a little bi...