Shafali Verma: India defeated Sri Lanka by 7 wickets in the second T20 International. In this match, Shafali Verma played the match winning inning of 69 runs for Team India. Thanks to his innings, Team India achieved the target of 129 runs very easily. In this match, Shafali played this inning with the help of 11 fours and 1 six in 34 balls at a strike rate of around 203 and for this she received the Player of the Match award. With this, Shafali has left Smriti Mandhana behind in winning the most POTM awards for India in T20Is.
Mithali Raj’s name is on top
Smriti Mandhana has won the Player of the Match award 7 times in T20I. Jemimah Rodriguez and Deepti Sharma have also won this award 7-7 times in T20I. The name of former Indian captain Mithali Raj is at the top in this list. Mithali Raj is at second place. Mithali Raj has won this award 12 times in her career. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur has won this award 11 times till now. Harmanpreet Kaur has a chance to break this record of Mithali Raj.
Indian female player who has won the most PoTM awards in T20I
12- Mithali Raj
11- Harmanpreet Kaur
8 – Shafali Verma
7- Smriti Mandhana
7- Deepti Sharma
7 – Jemimah Rodriguez
What did Shafali Verma say after winning the Player of the Match award?
After winning the POTM Award, Mithali Raj said that in the beginning the ball was coming with a little pause, so I tried to take more singles. The coach also told me how to play in such conditions. It was a good innings for me. During this innings I kept myself calm, I did not try to hit the ball too much in the air. I know that even if I play grounded shots, I can still score runs.
India registered an easy victory
Talking about the second T20 match, Sri Lanka, batting first, had scored 128 runs in this match and had set a target of 129 runs for India. Vaishnavi and Shri Charani took 2-2 wickets for India. Team India achieved this score in just 11.5 overs. Team India is now ahead 2-0 in the 5-match series.
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