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{{short description|Indian cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Shafali Verma
| female = true
| image = 2020 ICC W T20 WC I v B 02-24 Verma (02).jpg
| caption = Verma hitting a six for India during the [[2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup]]
| country = India
| international = true
| fullname = Shafali Verma
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2004|1|28|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Rohtak]], [[Haryana]], India<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/magazine/womens-t20-world-cup-match-timings-shafali-verma-smriti-mandhana-sachin-tendulkar-cricket-news/article30729933.ece|title=Women's T20 World Cup: Rohtak to Sydney, the journey of Shafali Verma |work=SportStar |access-date=21 February 2020}}</ref>
| death_date =
| death_place =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[off-spin]]
| role = [[Batting (cricket)|Batter]]

| onetest = true
| testdebutdate = 16 June
| testdebutyear = 2021
| testdebutagainst = England
| testcap = 86
| lasttestdate =
| lasttestyear =
| lasttestagainst =

| odidebutdate = 27 June
| odidebutyear = 2021
| odidebutagainst = England
| odicap = 131
| lastodidate = 3 July
| lastodiyear = 2021
| lastodiagainst = England

| T20Idebutdate = 24 September
| T20Idebutyear = 2019
| T20Idebutagainst = South Africa
| T20Icap = 64
| lastT20Idate = 14 July
| lastT20Iyear = 2021
| lastT20Iagainst = England

| club1 = [[IPL Velocity|Velocity]]
| year1 = 2019–present
| club2 = [[Birmingham Phoenix]]
| year2 = 2021

| columns = 3
| hidedeliveries = true
| column1 = [[Women's Test cricket|WTest]]
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 159
| bat avg1 = 79.50
| 100s/50s1 = 0/2
| top score1 = 96
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–

| column2 = [[Women's One Day International|WODI]]
| matches2 = 3
| runs2 = 78
| bat avg2 = 26
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| top score2 = 44
| catches/stumpings2 = 0/–

| column3 = [[Women's Twenty20 International|WT20I]]
| matches3 = 25
| runs3 = 665
| bat avg3 = 27.70
| 100s/50s3 = 0/3
| top score3 = 73
| catches/stumpings3 = 4/–

| date = 16 July 2021
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/1182523.html Cricinfo
}}
'''Shafali Verma''' (born 28 January 2004) is an Indian [[cricket]]er who plays for the [[India women's national cricket team]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/1182523.html |title=Shafali Verma |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=24 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://gulfnews.com/sport/cricket/shafali-verma-the-tomboy-teen-who-could-be-indias-next-cricket-superstar-1.1568803685040 |title=Shafali Verma, the tomboy teen who could be India's next cricket superstar |work=Gulf News |access-date=24 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/51718041 |title=Women's T20 World Cup: Shafali Verma, India's 16-year-old 'rock star' |work=BBC Sport |access-date=4 March 2020}}</ref> In 2019, at the age of 15, she became the youngest cricketer to play in a [[Women's Twenty20 International]] match for India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1236482/20-women-cricketers-for-the-2020s |title=20 women cricketers for the 2020s |work=The Cricket Monthly |access-date=24 November 2020}}</ref> In June 2021, she became the youngest player, male or female, to represent India in all three formats of international cricket.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/england-women-vs-india-women-shafali-verma-becomes-youngest-indian-cricketer-to-play-all-3-formats-2473573 |title=Shafali Verma Becomes Youngest Indian Cricketer To Play All 3 Formats |work=NDTV |access-date=27 June 2021}}</ref>

==Early life==
During her childhood, Verma initially played cricket disguised as a boy due to a lack of girls' cricket academes in Rohtak.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Raj |first1=Pratyush |title=India's youngest T20I debutante trained as a boy as no Rohtak academy would admit girls |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/indias-youngest-t20i-debutante-trained-as-a-boy-as-no-rohtak-academy-would-admit-girls/articleshow/71414629.cms |access-date=21 July 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=3 October 2019}}</ref>

==Career==
Before international cricket, she played for Velocity in the Women's T20 Challenge in which she scored 34 runs in 31 balls.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://yorkerworld.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=advanced-ads |title=Shafali Verma: Star in a Prodigy's Age, June 24 2021 |work=Yorker World |access-date=24 June 2021}}</ref> In September 2019, she was named in India's [[Women's Twenty20 International]] (WT20I) squad for their series [[South African women's cricket team in India in 2019–20|against South Africa]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27542146/fifteen-year-old-shafali-verma-gets-maiden-india-call-up |title=Fifteen-year-old Shafali Verma gets maiden India call-up |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=5 September 2019}}</ref> She made her WT20I debut for India at the age of fifteen, against [[South Africa women's national cricket team|South Africa]], on 24 September 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1198478.html |title=1st T20I (N), South Africa Women tour of India at Surat, Sep 24 2019 |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=24 September 2019}}</ref> She was the youngest player to play for India in a T20I match,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149338.html |title=Hadlee's nine-for |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=13 November 2019}}</ref> and in November 2019 [[India women's cricket team in the West Indies in 2019–20|against the West Indies]], became the youngest half-centurion for India in international cricket.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28049291/a-day-life-shafali-verma-india-15-year-old-prodigy |title=Shafali Verma, India's 15-year-old prodigy |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=10 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/50369817 |title=India's Shafali Verma, 15, becomes youngest player to score a fifty for country |work=BBC Sport |access-date=12 November 2019}}</ref> Against the West Indies, she scored 158 runs in five matches, and was named the player of the series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.womenscriczone.com/report/jemimah-veda-help-ind-blank-wi-5-0-in-t20is/ |title=Jemimah, Veda help IND blank WI 5-0 in T20Is |work=Women's CricZone |access-date=21 November 2019}}</ref>

In January 2020, she was named in India's squad for the [[2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup]] in Australia,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28468147/kaur-mandhana-verma-part-full-strength-india-squad-t20-world-cup |title=Kaur, Mandhana, Verma part of full strength India squad for T20 World Cup |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=12 January 2020}}</ref> and was awarded with a central contract by the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] (BCCI).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1573604 |title=Fifteen-year-old Shafali Verma awarded BCCI contract |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=17 January 2020}}</ref> Ahead of the [[2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup]], she was ranked as the number one batter in women's T20I cricket.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1751967 |title=Celebrating up and coming cricketers this International Youth Day |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref>

In May 2021, she was named in India's [[Women's Test cricket|Test]] and [[Women's One Day International]] (WODI) squads for their series against the [[India women's cricket team in England in 2021|England women's cricket team]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bcci.tv/articles/2021/news/154389/india-s-senior-women-squad-for-the-only-test-match-odi-t20i-series-against-england-announced |title=India's Senior Women squad for the only Test match, ODI & T20I series against England announced |work=Board of Control for Cricket in India |access-date=14 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/57128161 |title=England v India: Shafali Verma & Indrani Roy in touring squad |work=BBC Sport |access-date=16 May 2021}}</ref> Verma made her Test debut on 16 June 2021, for India against [[England women's cricket team|England]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1260093.html |title=Only Test, Bristol, Jun 16 - 19 2021, India Women tour of England |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=16 June 2021}}</ref> scoring 96 runs in her first Test innings.<ref>{{cite news |title=India collapse after Verma's 96 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/57516254 |access-date=18 June 2021 |work=BBC Sport}}</ref> The Test match was drawn, and Verma was named the player of the match after scoring 159 runs in her two innings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2175081 |title=Rana heroics deny England as India tail bats out the final day |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=20 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.womenscriczone.com/from-t20-super-star-to-test-opener-how-shafali-verma-stamped-her-authority-in-the-longer-format |title=From T20 super star to Test opener: How Shafali Verma stamped her authority in the longer format |work=Women's CricZone |access-date=22 June 2021}}</ref> Verma made her WODI debut for India, against England, on 27 June 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1260094.html |title=1st ODI, Bristol, Jun 27 2021, India Women tour of England |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=27 June 2021}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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