Indian women’s cricket team’s opener Shefali Verma has made a world record in her name in Women’s T20 International cricket. During the final of the Women’s Cricket Competition of the Asian Games 2026, she showed a strong performance in the powerplay and broke a world record. In the gold medal match, she continued her explosive batting against Sri Lanka like in the semi-final and during this, she became the highest run scorer in a calendar year in Women’s T20 International cricket.
Right-handed batsman Shafali Verma broke the world record of South African batsman Laura Walwart for scoring most runs in a year in WT20I and registered her name on that world record. Laura scored 824 runs in one calendar year. Shefali Verma’s number of runs has exceeded him in 2026. South African batsman has also done this feat this year. At the same time, Shefali’s number of runs has reached 861 and she is on top in this matter.
Shafali and Laura are in the top 3 in terms of scoring the most runs in a calendar year in WT20I, while Natasha Miles of Hong Kong is at the third position, who has scored 800 runs this year. Last year, Isha Oja of UAE had scored 779 runs. He is fourth in the list. There is another player from Hong Kong in the top 5. Yasmin Daswani has scored 779 runs this year. This year, 4 out of the top 5 players have achieved the feat of scoring the most runs in Women’s T20 International cricket.
Most runs in a calendar year in WT20I
Shafali Verma – 861 runs (2026)
Laura Walwart – 824 runs (2026)
Natasha Miles – 800 runs (2026)
Isha Oja – 779 runs (2025)
Yasmin Daswani- 779 runs (2026)
In the final of the women’s cricket competition of the Asian Games 2026, Shefali Verma played an inning of 48 runs in 29 balls with the help of 3 fours and 3 sixes. During this period his strike rate was 165.52. He gave a strong start to the Indian team in the gold medal match. India’s score had reached 99 runs. The first blow to India was on the last ball of the 10th over. India is in a strong position in this match. Smriti Mandhana, who came to open the innings with Shefali Verma, had completed her half-century in 30 balls till the time of writing the news.