New Delhi: Indian women's cricket team's young batsman Shefali Verma has created a new record with her brilliant batting in T20 International cricket. In the second T20 match against Zimbabwe, he scored a quick half-century and gave a big victory to India. With this innings, Shefali left Smriti Mandhana behind in terms of scoring most 50 or more runs in a calendar year. Her achievement has once again shown her talent in Indian women's cricket.
The second T20 match was played between the women's teams of India and Zimbabwe on 18 October at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur. In this match, Shefali Verma scored 55 runs in just 25 balls. Thanks to his aggressive batting, the Indian team won by nine wickets and also won the three-match series.
Shefali Verma broke Smriti Mandhana's record
With this half-century, Shefali registered a record of scoring 50 or more runs nine times in T20 International cricket in the year 2026. Earlier this record was in the name of Smriti Mandhana, who had achieved this feat eight times in 2024. The names of Mithali Raj and Hong Kong's Natasha Miles are also included in the list of players who have scored the most scores of more than 50 in a calendar year. Both of them have done this feat seven times each.
Forgetting the disappointment of the first match, played a stormy innings
Shefali Verma told after the match that she was disappointed due to her early dismissal in the first match. That performance also affected his sleep. However, he tried to keep his mind calm and focus on his strategy before the next match.
He said that he feels happy when his shots are hit correctly. Shefali also told that she was trying to execute her preparation and game plan.
India won the match easily
In this match, the Indian bowlers also performed brilliantly and restricted the Zimbabwean team to 102 runs in the first innings. After this the batsmen did not take much time to achieve the target. Shefali was adjudged Player of the Match for her excellent performance. With this win, India showed its dominance in the series, while Shefali gave her fans another chance to celebrate by making a record.