Shafali Verma

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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
Only Test (cap 86)16 June 2021 v England
ODI debut (cap 131)27 June 2021 v England
Last ODI3 July 2021 v England
T20I debut (cap 64)24 September 2019 v South Africa
Last T20I14 July 2021 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2019–presentVelocity
2021Birmingham Phoenix
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I
Matches 1 3 25
Runs scored 159 78 665
Batting average 79.50 26 27.70
100s/50s 0/2 0/0 0/3
Top score 96 44 73
Catches/stumpings 1/– 0/– 4/–
Source: Cricinfo, 16 July 2021

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]

Early life

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

Career

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]

References

  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.

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