Shafali Verma
.jpg) Verma hitting a six for India during the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Shafali Verma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 January 2004 Rohtak, Haryana, India[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm offbreak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batswoman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| T20I debut (cap 64) | 24 September 2019 v South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 8 March 2020 v Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 8 March 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shafali Verma (born 28 January 2004) is an Indian cricketer who plays for the India women's national cricket team.[2][3][4]
Career
In September 2019, she was named in India's Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) squad for their series against South Africa.[5] She made her WT20I debut for India at the age of fifteen, against South Africa, on 24 September 2019.[6] She was the youngest woman to play for India in a T20I match,[7] and in November 2019 against the West Indies, became the youngest woman for India to score a half-century in international cricket.[8][9] Against the West Indies, she scored 158 runs in five matches, and was named the player of the series.[10]
In January 2020, she was named in India's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia,[11] and was awarded with a central contract by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).[12] Ahead of the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup, she was ranked as the number one batter in women's T20I cricket.[13]
References
- ^ "Women's T20 World Cup: Rohtak to Sydney, the journey of Shafali Verma". SportStar. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- ^ "Shafali Verma". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
- ^ "Shafali Verma, the tomboy teen who could be India's next cricket superstar". Gulf News. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
- ^ "Women's T20 World Cup: Shafali Verma, India's 16-year-old 'rock star'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ "Fifteen-year-old Shafali Verma gets maiden India call-up". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ "1st T20I (N), South Africa Women tour of India at Surat, Sep 24 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
- ^ "Hadlee's nine-for". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ "Shafali Verma, India's 15-year-old prodigy". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ "India's Shafali Verma, 15, becomes youngest player to score a fifty for country". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ "Jemimah, Veda help IND blank WI 5-0 in T20Is". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
- ^ "Kaur, Mandhana, Verma part of full strength India squad for T20 World Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ "Fifteen-year-old Shafali Verma awarded BCCI contract". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ "Celebrating up and coming cricketers this International Youth Day". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
External links
Media related to Shafali Verma at Wikimedia Commons