Shafali Verma
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]
Verma hitting a six for India during the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup | |||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Shafali Verma | ||||||||||||||
Born | Rohtak, Haryana, India[1] | 28 January 2004||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm offbreak | ||||||||||||||
Role | Batswoman | ||||||||||||||
International information | |||||||||||||||
National side | |||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 64) | 24 September 2019 v South Africa | ||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 8 March 2020 v Australia | ||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
2019–present | Velocity | ||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 30 January 2021 |
Career
In September 2019, she was named in India's Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) squad for their series against South Africa.[6] She made her WT20I debut for India at the age of fifteen, against South Africa, on 24 September 2019.[7] She was the youngest player to play for India in a T20I match,[8] and in November 2019 against the West Indies, became the youngest half-centurion for India in international cricket.[9][10] Against the West Indies, she scored 158 runs in five matches, and was named the player of the series.[11]
In January 2020, she was named in India's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia,[12] and was awarded with a central contract by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).[13] Ahead of the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup, she was ranked as the number one batter in women's T20I cricket.[14]
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.
- "20 women cricketers for the 2020s". The Cricket Monthly. Retrieved 24 November 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.