Tag: Shafali Verma

As the Indian women’s cricket team fought dew, an in-form South African lineup and injury concerns, they lost the sight of what was in front of them, a place in the World Cup semi finals.

New Delhi: Mithali Raj and Harmanpreet Kaur will lead the Indian ODI and T20I teams respectively against South Africa as per a release issued by BCCI. The South Africa women’s team will play India in a five-match T20I series in Surat followed by a three-match ODI series in Vadodara. 15-year-old Shafali Verma has been roped […]

New Delhi: Fifteen-year-old Shafali Verma, who has been included in the Indian womens squad for the upcoming three-match T20I series against South Africa, says she always wanted to play for the national side ever since she decided to take the bat in her hand at the age of 10. Shafali, who has been inducted into […]

Surat: Off-spinner Deepti Sharma took three wickets and bowled the same number of maiden overs as India eves scripted a 11-run victory over South Africa in the first T20I of the five-match series at the Lalabhai Contractor Stadium here on Tuesday. Chasing a modest 131 for victory, South Africa were buoyed by Mignon du Preez’s […]

Surat: Shafali Verma on Tuesday became the youngest T20I debutant for India when she was named in the playing XI for the first T20 against South Africa at the Lalabhai Contractor Stadium here. Shafali, 15, opened the batting for India but was out for a duck. She is the second-youngest player to represent India after […]

Gros Islet: The opening duo of Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana hammered scintillating half-centuries as the Indian women’s team notched up a comfortable 84-run win over hosts West Indies in the first T20I here. The 15-year-old Shafali and Mandhana shared a record 143-run opening partnership as India posted 185 for 4 in their stipulated 20 […]

Dubai: India batters Jemimah Rodrigues and Shafali Verma have made significant progress in the latest ICC women’s T20I player rankings, after playing stellar roles in a stunning series sweep over the West Indies. Rodrigues has moved up three places to the fourth position and teenage sensation Verma has gained 57 slots to reach 30th position. […]

Melbourne: Brilliant innings from openers Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana helped India beat Australia by seven wickets on Saturday at the Junction Oval to keep themselves alive in the ongoing Women’s T20 tri-series. Chasing a huge total of 174, Indian eves rode on a sublime opening partnership between Verma and Mandhana who took the Australian […]

Sydney: Young Indian opener Shafali Verma will go into the semifinals of the ongoing Women’s T20 World Cup as the top ranked batter when the Indian team takes on England on Thursday at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Shafali’s explosive batting at the top of the order saw her score 161 runs in four innings, including […]

Melbourne: Shafali Verma on Sunday became the youngest player to play in the final of any cricket World Cup. Shafali, who is 16 years and 40 days old, took the field for India at a packed Melbourne Cricket Ground in their 2020 Women’s T20 World Cup final against Australia. She thus broke the record previously […]

Dubai: Leg-spinner Poonam Yadav was the lone Indian to make the ICC Women’s T20 playing XI of the World Cup, which featured teenage sensation Shafali Verma as the 12th player and was dominated by champions Australia. Five players from Australia’s victorious team made the side of the tournament. Defending champions Australia claimed their fifth title […]

Brisbane: Indian batters Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues have been able to remain in the top 10 of the ICC T20I rankings for batswomen. While Verma is the highest ranked Indian batter at the third spot, Mandhana and Rodrigues have also been able to hold their respective seventh and ninth places in the […]