Indian women’s cricket team’s opening batsman Shefali Verma has become the female player to score the most T20 international half-centuries before the age of 22. Shefali has played a total of 92 T20 matches in her career so far, in which she scored 2,299 runs at an average of 26.73. During this period, Shefali scored 12 half-centuries.
West Indies’ Stafanie Taylor is at second position in this list, who had scored 10 half-centuries before the age of 22. Ireland’s Gabby Lewis is jointly second in this list with 10 half-centuries, while India’s Jemimah Rodrigues (7) is third in the list.
In the second T20 match against Sri Lanka, Shefali Verma completed her half-century in 27 balls. This is the joint second fastest half-century scored by an Indian player against Sri Lanka women’s team.
India won this match played in Visakhapatnam by 7 wickets. After losing the toss and coming to bat, the Sri Lankan team scored 128 runs losing 9 wickets.
For Sri Lanka, Harshitha Samarawickrama scored the highest score of 33 runs, while captain Chamri Athapaththu played an inning of 31 runs. Apart from these, Hasini Perera added 22 runs to the team’s account.
For India, Vaishnavi Sharma and Shri Charani took 2-2 wickets, while Kranti Gaur and Sneh Rana took 1-1.
In response, India registered victory in 11.5 overs. For India, 21-year-old Shefali Verma played an inning of 69 runs in 34 balls. During this, 1 six and 11 fours came from his bat. At the same time, Jemimah Rodrigues added 26 runs to the team’s account.
The Indian team has taken a 2-0 lead in the 5-match series. The next match of the series will be played in Thiruvananthapuram on 26 December.
