Facing the same opponent in a do-or-die situation, Rodrigues may have to lean back on the past to get her going this World Cup.
Hussain believes that experience will count for something when she walks out to bat.
“I think it helps. Jemimah obviously has fantastic memories. It’d be one of her great innings and one of her most emotional innings as well, with it being in Mumbai, with it being a semi final, a World Cup semi-final, and with it being Australia,” he noted.
“I think it helps when you’re a little bit short of runs that you come up against an opponent you’ve done well against in the past.”
As for whether there remains a psychological barrier against Australia, a side that has beaten India in five out of their seven meetings in the T20 World Cup.
However, Hussain pointed to more recent meetings to play down the notion.
“After the semi-final, I’m talking about the semi-final win in the 50-over World Cup, I don’t think there’s a psychological barrier there. I think now it’s a skills barrier and the main skill they have to nail is the catching. They’ve got to catch better.”
