Indian opener Shafali Verma surpassed the 3,000 international runs milestone against Nepal during India’s 3rd game at the 09 edition of the Women’s Asia Cup. India has secured a spot in the knockouts after winning the first two league matches.
Shafali, the right-handed batter, achieved this feat in her 114th inning by smashing a boundary. Shafali Verma made her debut in 2019 against South Africa, becoming the youngest ever to play T20I cricket for India at the age of 15.
In the same debut year, she scored her first T20I fifty in her fifth inning, notching up 73 runs against the West Indies. Following her fifty, she became the youngest half-centurion for India in international cricket. The Indian opener often reminds fans of Virender Sehwag with her fearless approach.
On making her Test debut in 2021 against England, she became the youngest Indian cricketer—male or female—to represent the nation in all three formats of the game. Shafali had an impressive year in 2021, being named the ICC Player of the Month in January and also being included in the ICC T20I Team of the Year.
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In October 2022, she completed 1,000 T20I runs. The right-handed batter recently had an outstanding multi-format series against South Africa, where she scored her maiden ton by hitting a double century in the one-off Test at Chennai. She smashed 205 runs and was involved in a record 295-run stand with her partner Smriti Mandhana.
Shafali Verma is eighth in the list of most runs scored, with 598 runs in five Test matches, continuing to reach new milestones in her young career.
Shafali became the second Indian, after former captain Mithali Raj, to score a double century in Test cricket, nearly 22 years after Raj’s feat. Mithali had scored 214 off 407 balls during the drawn second Test against England at Taunton in August 2002.
In her young career, Shafali Verma has consistently demonstrated her exceptional talent and fearless approach, setting and breaking records along the way. The Indian opener has amassed over 3000 international runs which includes 21 fifties and one double century.