Shafali Verma
 Verma in 2020 | ||||
| Player Information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Shafali Verma | |||
| Born | January 28, 2004 (18 years old) Rohtak, India | |||
| Batting-Style | right-hander | |||
| Bowling style | Right-handed off spin | |||
| player role | Batter | |||
| International Games | ||||
| National team | If | |||
| Test Debut (cap 86) | June 16, 2021 in England | |||
| last test | September 30, 2021 v Australia | |||
| ODI Debut (Chapter 131) | June 27, 2021 in England | |||
| Last ODI | 26 September 2021 v Australia | |||
| T20I debut (cap 64) | 24 September 2019 v South Africa | |||
| Last T20I | 10 October 2021 v Australia | |||
| national teams | ||||
| years | team | |||
| 2019-present | Velocity | |||
| 2021 | Birmingham Phoenix | |||
| 2021/22–today | Sydney Sixers | |||
| Career Stats | ||||
| game form | WTest | WODI | WT20I | |
| games | 2 | 6 | 28 | |
| Runs (Overall) | 242 | 164 | 687 | |
| Batting Average | 60,50 | 27,33 | 25,44 | |
| 100s/50s | 0/3 | 0/1 | 0/3 | |
| Highscore | 96 | 56 | 73 | |
| Catches/Stumpings | 1/– | 1/– | 4/– | |
| Source: Cricinfo , October 10, 2021 | ||||
Shafali Verma (born 28 January 2004
in Haryana) is the youngest cricketer to represent India in T20 International
cricket. Shafali Verma broke the 30-year-old record held by Sachin Tendulkar with his first
international fifty at the age of 16. At the age of 15, Shafali Verma
became the youngest cricketer to score her first international fifty at the age
of 15.
Childhood and Education
Verma came to cricket
through her father, who took her when she was nine to a Ranji Trophy match between Haryana and Mumbai, where Sachin Tendulkar is playing in his
senior season. He then tried to enroll his daughter in cricket academies,
but none in her district would accept girls. He then cut his daughter's
hair and registered her as a boy. After some time, the situation changed,
and the school created a girls' team. At the age
of 13, she became part of the Haryana U19 team. She went on to play
nationally, scoring six centuries in runs in a 1923 season. Among other
things, she was able to convince at the Women's T20 Challenge 2019.
Active career
This performance got her
selected for the national team and on the tour against South Africa, she got her chance in
the WTwenty20 at the age of 15,
making her the second-youngest player to play for India. In her first
game, she was eliminated with a "duck" (0 runs). In
her second game, she scored 46 runs. On the following tour in the West Indies, she was able to achieve fifty ( 73 and 69 runs ) in the first two games and was awarded the first player of
the game.
As a result, she
established herself in the team and was nominated for the 2020 ICC Women's
T20 World Cup. There she started against Australia with 29 runs before
she scored 39 runs in the second game against Bangladesh and was named Player of the Match. She also received
this award in the third game when she scored 46 runs against New Zealand and thus
allowed India to qualify for the semi-finals. Against Sri Lanka, she was able to score
another 47 runs. With this performance, she became the best
WTwenty20 batter in the world in the ICC rankings guide. In
the final against Australia, Verma lost her wicket after just 2 runs and India
lost the match by 85 runs. Verma was India's
top batter at the tournament.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it took a year until the next game. In the tour against South Africa, she was able to score a half-century over 60 runs. She was recognized as a player in the series. A tour of England was due in the summer and Verma made her debut in Test cricket and WODI. In her first test, she hit two half-centuries with 96 and 63 runs and was named Player of the Game. In the subsequent tour in Australia, she was able to do half a century in the Wiest (52 runs ) and in the third WODI (56 runs ) achieve. As part of the tour, it was revealed that Verma was signed with the Sydney Sixers for the 2021-22 Women's Big Bash League.
