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|      T20Idebutdate = 24 September
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|    T20Idebutagainst = South Africa
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|        lastT20Idate = 7 August
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|              club1 = [[Haryana women's cricket team|Haryana]]
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|              club2 = [[IPL Velocity|Velocity]]
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|              year3 = 2021
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|              year4 = 2021/22
|              club5 = [[Delhi Capitals (WPL)|Delhi Capitals]]
|              year5 = 2023–present


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|            bat avg2 = 30.70
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|                date = 7 August 2022
|                date = 23 February 2023
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'''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>
'''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> On 8 October 2022 she became the youngest cricketer to complete 1000 runs in T20 Internationals. Under her captaincy, India won the [[2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup]].


==Early life==
==Early life==
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She played for [[Sydney Sixers (WBBL)|Sydney Sixers]] in the [[2021–22 Women's Big Bash League season|2021 WBBL]], where she scored her maiden fifty against [[Hobart Hurricanes (WBBL)|Hobart Hurricanes]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Quint|first=The|date=13 May 2021|title=Shafali Verma Set for First Women’s BBL Stint With Sydney Sixers|url=https://www.thequint.com/sports/cricket/shafali-verma-set-for-first-womens-bbl-stint-with-sydney-sixers|access-date=23 October 2021|work=TheQuint}}</ref> In January 2022, she was named in India's team for the [[2022 Women's Cricket World Cup]] in New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/womens-odi-world-cup-2022-renuka-singh-meghna-singh-yastika-bhatia-break-into-indias-world-cup-squad-1295643 |title=Renuka Singh, Meghna Singh, Yastika Bhatia break into India's World Cup squad |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=6 January 2022}}</ref> In July 2022, she was named in India's team for the [[Cricket at the 2022 Commonwealth Games|cricket tournament]] at the [[2022 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Birmingham]], England.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bcci.tv/articles/2022/news/55555899/team-india-senior-women-squad-for-birmingham-2022-commonwealth-games-announced?type=Latest |title=Team India (Senior Women) squad for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games announced |work=Board of Control for Cricket in India |access-date=11 July 2022}}</ref>
She played for [[Sydney Sixers (WBBL)|Sydney Sixers]] in the [[2021–22 Women's Big Bash League season|2021 WBBL]], where she scored her maiden fifty against [[Hobart Hurricanes (WBBL)|Hobart Hurricanes]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Quint|first=The|date=13 May 2021|title=Shafali Verma Set for First Women’s BBL Stint With Sydney Sixers|url=https://www.thequint.com/sports/cricket/shafali-verma-set-for-first-womens-bbl-stint-with-sydney-sixers|access-date=23 October 2021|work=TheQuint}}</ref> In January 2022, she was named in India's team for the [[2022 Women's Cricket World Cup]] in New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/womens-odi-world-cup-2022-renuka-singh-meghna-singh-yastika-bhatia-break-into-indias-world-cup-squad-1295643 |title=Renuka Singh, Meghna Singh, Yastika Bhatia break into India's World Cup squad |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=6 January 2022}}</ref> In July 2022, she was named in India's team for the [[Cricket at the 2022 Commonwealth Games|cricket tournament]] at the [[2022 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Birmingham]], England.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bcci.tv/articles/2022/news/55555899/team-india-senior-women-squad-for-birmingham-2022-commonwealth-games-announced?type=Latest |title=Team India (Senior Women) squad for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games announced |work=Board of Control for Cricket in India |access-date=11 July 2022}}</ref>
India opener Shafali Verma was sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 2 crore at the Women’s Premier League Auction in Mumbai on Monday.<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 February 2023 |title=wpl-auction-2023-shafali-verma-sold-delhi-capitals-price |work=Sprotstar |editor-last=Tripathi |editor-first=Prabal |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/womens-cricket/wpl-auction-2023-shafali-verma-sold-delhi-capitals-price/article66503224.ece |access-date=17 February 2023}}</ref> In her first match against [[Royal Challengers Bangalore]] Challengers Bangalore,she scored her maiden fifty. She came to bat as an opener and scored 84 runs in just 45 balls.


==References==
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Latest revision as of 01:26, 26 September 2023

Shafali Verma
Personal information
Full nameShafali Verma
Born (2004-01-28) 28 January 2004 (age 22)
Rohtak, Haryana, India[1]
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off-spin
RoleBatter
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 86)16 June 2021 v England
Last Test30 September 2021 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 131)27 June 2021 v England
Last ODI24 September 2022 v England
ODI shirt no.17
T20I debut (cap 64)24 September 2019 v South Africa
Last T20I23 February 2023 v Australia
T20I shirt no.17
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017/18–presentHaryana
2019–2022Velocity
2021Birmingham Phoenix
2021/22Sydney Sixers
2023–presentDelhi Capitals
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I
Matches 2 21 49
Runs scored 242 531 1198
Batting average 60.50 26.55 24.95
100s/50s 0/3 0/4 0/5
Top score 96 71* 73
Balls bowled - 18 102
Wickets - 1 5
Bowling average - 9.00 18.80
5 wickets in innings - 0 0
10 wickets in match - 0 0
Best bowling - 1/5 2/10
Catches/stumpings 1/0 6/– 11/–
Source: Cricinfo, 23 February 2023
Medal record
Representing  India
Women's Cricket
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Team
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham
ICC Women's T20 World Cup
Runner-up 2020 Australia
ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup
Winner 2023 South Africa

Shafali Verma (born 28 January 2004) is an Indian cricketer who plays for the India women's national cricket team.[2][3][4] In 2019, at the age of 15, she became the youngest cricketer to play in a Women's Twenty20 International match for India.[5] In June 2021, she became the youngest player, male or female, to represent India in all three formats of international cricket.[6] On 8 October 2022 she became the youngest cricketer to complete 1000 runs in T20 Internationals. Under her captaincy, India won the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.

Early life[edit | edit source]

During her childhood, Verma initially played cricket disguised as a boy due to a lack of girls' cricket academies in Rohtak.[7]

Career[edit | edit source]

Before international cricket, she played for Velocity in the Women's T20 Challenge in which she scored 34 runs in 31 balls.[8] In September 2019, she was named in India's Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) squad for their series against South Africa.[9] She made her WT20I debut for India at the age of fifteen, against South Africa, on 24 September 2019.[10] She was the youngest player to play for India in a T20I match,[11] and in November 2019 against the West Indies, became the youngest half-centurion for India in international cricket.[12][13] Against the West Indies, she scored 158 runs in five matches, and was named the player of the series.[14]

In January 2020, she was named in India's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia,[15] and was awarded with a central contract by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).[16] Ahead of the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup, she was ranked as the number one batter in women's T20I cricket.[17]

In May 2021, she was named in India's Test and Women's One Day International (WODI) squads for their series against the England women's cricket team.[18][19] Verma made her Test debut on 16 June 2021, for India against England,[20] scoring 96 runs in her first Test innings.[21] The Test match was drawn, and Verma was named the player of the match after scoring 159 runs in her two innings.[22][23] Verma made her WODI debut for India, against England, on 27 June 2021.[24] She was signed by Birmingham Phoenix for the first season of The Hundred.[25]

She played for Sydney Sixers in the 2021 WBBL, where she scored her maiden fifty against Hobart Hurricanes.[26] In January 2022, she was named in India's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.[27] In July 2022, she was named in India's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[28]

India opener Shafali Verma was sold to Delhi Capitals for Rs 2 crore at the Women’s Premier League Auction in Mumbai on Monday.[29] In her first match against Royal Challengers Bangalore Challengers Bangalore,she scored her maiden fifty. She came to bat as an opener and scored 84 runs in just 45 balls.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Women's T20 World Cup: Rohtak to Sydney, the journey of Shafali Verma". SportStar. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "Shafali Verma". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  3. ↑ "Shafali Verma, the tomboy teen who could be India's next cricket superstar". Gulf News. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  4. ↑ "Women's T20 World Cup: Shafali Verma, India's 16-year-old 'rock star'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "20 women cricketers for the 2020s". The Cricket Monthly. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "Shafali Verma Becomes Youngest Indian Cricketer To Play All 3 Formats". NDTV. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  7. ↑ Raj, Pratyush (3 October 2019). "India's youngest T20I debutante trained as a boy as no Rohtak academy would admit girls". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "Shafali Verma: Star in a Prodigy's Age, June 24 2021". Yorker World. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  9. ↑ "Fifteen-year-old Shafali Verma gets maiden India call-up". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  10. ↑ "1st T20I (N), South Africa Women tour of India at Surat, Sep 24 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  11. ↑ "Hadlee's nine-for". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  12. ↑ "Shafali Verma, India's 15-year-old prodigy". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  13. ↑ "India's Shafali Verma, 15, becomes youngest player to score a fifty for country". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  14. ↑ "Jemimah, Veda help IND blank WI 5-0 in T20Is". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  15. ↑ "Kaur, Mandhana, Verma part of full strength India squad for T20 World Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  16. ↑ "Fifteen-year-old Shafali Verma awarded BCCI contract". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  17. ↑ "Celebrating up and coming cricketers this International Youth Day". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  18. ↑ "India's Senior Women squad for the only Test match, ODI & T20I series against England announced". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  19. ↑ "England v India: Shafali Verma & Indrani Roy in touring squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  20. ↑ "Only Test, Bristol, Jun 16 - 19 2021, India Women tour of England". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  21. ↑ "India collapse after Verma's 96". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  22. ↑ "Rana heroics deny England as India tail bats out the final day". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  23. ↑ "From T20 super star to Test opener: How Shafali Verma stamped her authority in the longer format". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  24. ↑ "1st ODI, Bristol, Jun 27 2021, India Women tour of England". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  25. ↑ "The Hundred 2021 - full squad lists". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  26. ↑ Quint, The (13 May 2021). "Shafali Verma Set for First Women's BBL Stint With Sydney Sixers". TheQuint. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  27. ↑ "Renuka Singh, Meghna Singh, Yastika Bhatia break into India's World Cup squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  28. ↑ "Team India (Senior Women) squad for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games announced". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  29. ↑ Tripathi, Prabal, ed. (17 February 2023). "wpl-auction-2023-shafali-verma-sold-delhi-capitals-price". Sprotstar. Retrieved 17 February 2023.

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