India’s star opening batsman Shafali Verma once again played a tremendous innings for Team India and played an important role in helping her team win. Shafali has broken a record of her own new captain Smriti Mandhana, which she had set about two years ago. Not only this, she has also succeeded in leaving Laura Wolvaardt of South Africa behind. With the help of his innings, the Indian team won the series by defeating Zimbabwe in the second match.
This year Shafali Verma has played innings of more than 50 runs 9 times.
A series is currently being played between the Indian women’s cricket team and the Zimbabwe women’s cricket team. In the second T20 match of the series, Shefali Verma batted with explosive style. He scored 55 runs on only 25 balls. This included six fours and four sixes. This is Shafali Verma’s ninth 50 plus score this year. Now she has become the female player to play innings of more than fifty runs the maximum number of times in a year. Earlier in the year 2024, Smriti Mandhana had achieved success in playing innings of more than 50 runs eight times. Now Shafali has overtaken Mandhana. He has a chance to do this ten times, for that he needs one more half-century.
Shafali Verma became the batsman who scored the most T20 International runs this year.
Meanwhile, Shafali has also left Laura Wolvaardt of South Africa behind. The batsman who scored the most runs in Women’s T20 International in a year so far was Laura Wolvaardt. She had scored 824 runs in this year itself i.e. 2026, but now Shafali has scored 922 runs this year. India’s Mandhana has scored 821 runs in Women’s T20 International so far this year. That means she can also leave Laura Wolvaardt behind.
India also won the series by winning the match by eight wickets
Batting first in the second match of this series, Zimbabwe team scored 102 runs at the loss of eight wickets in 20 overs. India won the match by scoring 104 runs at the loss of only one wicket in just 8.2 overs. Apart from Shafali Verma’s 55 runs, captain Mandhana also scored 47 runs on 25 balls. Team India had also won the first match of the series and with this victory, India has also won the series. This year, India has played 26 T20 International matches and won 17 of them. Which is the highest win in a year. Earlier in the year 2018, India had played 23 T20 International matches and won 16 of them.
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