SHAFALI VERMA - PINCH HITTER

  PINCH HITTER 

Personal Life:

Shafali Verma was born on 28 January 2004 in Rohtak, Haryana. Her father's name is Sanjiv Verma and her mother's name is Praveen Bala. Shafali has two siblings a young one and an elder one Sahil Verma, who also plays cricket. 

She is a right-handed batwoman and right arm off-break. She is a pure Hindu and follows all Hindu traditions. Her hobbies are playing cricket, listening to music, and traveling.

 Career:

Shafali Verma plays cricket at the age of 8. Her father trained her for the first 3 years. Boys at the initial stage refused to play cricket because they might get hurt.

She made her WT20 debut for India at the age of fifteen, against South Africa, at the age of fifteen. She was the youngest player, male or female, to represent India in all three formats of international cricket.

And in November 2019 she was the youngest half- centurion for India in international cricket. In that series, she scored 158 runs in five matches and named as player of the series.

In January 2020 she was selected in the India squad for the 2020 ICC Women T20 World Cup and was awarded a central contract by the BCCI. After that series, she was named as the number 1 rank in the ICC T20 women.

Verma made her test debut on 16 June 2021 against England scoring 96 runs. She was named as the player of the match after this Test match scoring 159 runs in her two innings.

She also made her ODI against England., on June 27, 2021.

Records :

1. She has 3rd most runs in the debut match (159).
2. She is the youngest player in male or female to represent India. (15year and 239 days).

Facts :

• Youngest Indian player to score a 50 in T20 cricket.
• Shafali admits that she still struggles to play the short balls.