Shafali Verma has played 92 matches in her T20I career so far. In these matches, he has scored a total of 2,299 runs at an average of 26.73.
Delhi: Indian women’s cricket team’s opening batsman Shefali Verma has made another big achievement in her name. She has created history by becoming the female player to score the most T20 International half-centuries before the age of 22.
Shafali Verma has played 92 matches in her T20I career so far. In these matches, he has scored a total of 2,299 runs at an average of 26.73. During this period, she has scored 12 half-centuries, which is the most by any female player before the age of 22. West Indies’ Stafanie Taylor is at second place in this list, who had scored 10 half-centuries. Ireland’s Gabby Lewis is also on joint second position with 10 half-centuries. At the same time, India’s Jemimah Rodrigues is at third place with 7 half-centuries.
Shefali completed her half-century in 27 balls in the second T20 International match against Sri Lanka. This is the joint second fastest half-century scored by an Indian player against the Sri Lankan women’s team. His aggressive innings completely turned the match towards India.
In this match played in Visakhapatnam, the Sri Lankan team, which came to bat first after losing the toss, could score only 128 runs at the loss of 9 wickets. For Sri Lanka, Harshitha Samarawickrama scored the highest score of 33 runs, while captain Chamri Athapaththu played an inning of 31 runs. Apart from this, Hasini Perera added 22 runs. Among Indian bowlers, Vaishnavi Sharma and Shri Charani took 2-2 wickets, while Kranti Gaur and Sneh Rana got 1-1 success.
While chasing the target, the Indian team performed brilliantly and won the match by 7 wickets in just 11.5 overs. For India, 21-year-old Shefali Verma played an explosive inning of 69 runs in 34 balls, which included 11 fours and 1 six. Jemimah Rodrigues also strengthened the team by scoring 26 runs.
With this victory, the Indian women’s team has taken a 2-0 lead in the five-match T20 series. The next match of the series will be played in Thiruvananthapuram on 26 December.
