Shafali Verma created history in the very first match, became the first player in the world to achieve this feat in the T20 World Cup.

Shafali Verma: The sixth match of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 is being played between India and Pakistan at the Edgbaston Stadium in Birmingham. After winning the toss in this match, Team India decided to bat first. Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma opened for the Indian team. Shafali Verma hit a six on the very first ball of the innings. With this six, Shafali Verma made a new record in her name. She accomplished a feat which no batsman had been able to do till now in the Women’s T20 World Cup.

Shafali Verma made a record by hitting a six in the Women’s T20 World Cup

Shafali Verma has become the first player in the history of Women’s T20 World Cup to hit a six on the very first ball. Before her, no batsman in the world had been able to achieve this feat in this tournament. Against Pakistan, Shafali started her innings by hitting sixes on the very first ball, but she could not play a big innings. She returned to the pavilion after scoring 6 runs on just 5 balls. He was dismissed by Sadia Iqbal.

Team India had a bad start

Talking about this match, Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and decided to bat first. Team India, who came to bat first, had a bad start. After the fall of the first wicket, Jemimah Rodrigues also quickly returned to Pavaviyan. She scored only 1 run. After this, captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana took over the innings and made a partnership of 91 runs for the third wicket.

The leaders stepping up when it matters most 🤝

A highly clinical 5️⃣0️⃣-run stand between Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana 👏

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Smriti Mandhana scored a brilliant half century

Smriti Mandhana played an inning of 68 runs in 44 balls. During this, he hit 9 fours and 2 sixes. Captain Harmanpreet scored 36 runs on 35 balls. During this period only 4 fours came off his bat. After this, Richa Ghosh and Deepti Sharma scored fast runs in the last and took the team’s score to 170. Richa Ghosh played an inning of 34 runs in 17 balls. During this he hit 5 fours and 1 six. Whereas Deepti Sharma remained unbeaten on 12 runs off 9 balls and Shreyanka Patil remained unbeaten on 1 run. In this way India has scored 170 runs for 6 wickets. Now Pakistan will have to score 171 runs in 20 overs to win.

INDIA POSTED 170-6 FROM 20 OVERS. 🇮🇳

Shafali Verma 6 (5)
– Smriti Mandhana 68 (44)
– Jemimah Rodrigues 1 (7)
Harmanpreet Kaur 36 (35)
– Bharti Fulmali 1 (3)
– Richa Ghosh 34 (17)
– Deepti Sharma 12* (9)

38 runs has been scored from last 2 overs by TEAM INDIA.🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/BjxGJha6r9

— Maina Singh (@Maina_Singhx77) June 14, 2026

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