Shafali Verma

India

Personal Information
Born
Jan 28, 2004 (19 years)
Birth Place
Rohtak, Haryana
Height
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Role
Batting Allrounder
Batting Style
Right Handed Bat
Bowling Style
Right-arm offbreak
ICC Rankings
 
Test
ODI
T20
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Bowling
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Career Information
Teams
Velocity, India Women Board President XI, India Women, India C Women, Birmingham Phoenix Women, Sydney Sixers Women, India B Women, India Women U19, Delhi Capitals Women
The youngest-ever to play T20I cricket for India, Shefali Verma shot to fame during the women's exhibition match that was played towards the fag end of IPL 2019. Batting at the top of the or...
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The youngest-ever to play T20I cricket for India, Shefali Verma shot to fame during the women's exhibition match that was played towards the fag end of IPL 2019. Batting at the top of the order, she showed admirable gumption for a 15-year-old and despite not scoring a lot of runs, her immense confidence and clarity in shot-selection impressed one and all. Shefali also shone in the Women's T20 Challenge that happened later in the year and consquently got picked for the National team in the home T20Is against South Africa. Shefali's biggest strength is her fearless nature of gameplay and could be the perfect successor to Smriti Mandhana. Not many know that Shefali had to disguise as a boy during her childhood to train as there was no academy for girls in her native place, Rohtak. Her father reluctantly agreed to this plan despite the obvious fear of being caught. Having idolised Sachin Tendulkar, Shefali is also a huge fan of AB de Villiers. Her attacking style of play as an opener is obviously an afteraffect of Virender Sehwag's legacy.

By Hariprasad Sadanandan
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