Shafali Verma created history in IND W vs BAN W match, broke Smriti Mandhana’s big record; India beat Bangladesh by 5 wickets

India W vs Bangladesh W: Women’s T20 World Cup in 2026 India’s opener Shefali Verma Batted brilliantly in an aggressive manner against Bangladesh. In the match played at Old Trafford, Shefali put pressure on the Bangladeshi bowlers from the very beginning, due to which India kept alive its hopes of reaching the semi-finals by defeating Bangladesh by 5 wickets. Shefali completed her half-century in just 29 balls. With this, she became one of the players to score the fastest half-century for India in the Women’s T20 World Cup.

Shefali Verma scored 53 runs in 34 balls, which included 8 fours and 1 six. She made a partnership of 31 runs in 18 balls with Smriti Mandhana for the first wicket, while she made a partnership of 45 runs in 34 balls with Yastika Bhatia for the second wicket.

Shefali gave a great start to India

• India scored 63 runs in the first six overs of the powerplay and registered their highest powerplay score in Women’s T20 World Cup history.
• Earlier, India’s highest powerplay score was 59/0 against Netherlands in 2026 itself.
• Shefali’s fast batting put Bangladesh’s bowling attack under complete pressure.
• The way Shefali got out also became the talking point of the match.
• On the ball of Bangladesh’s Nahida Akhtar, Shefali tried to cut the short ball outside the off stump, but the ball took the light edge of the bat and went to the wicketkeeper.
• Shefali had no idea that the ball had directly reached the wicketkeeper’s hands. She moved forward to run and during this her back leg went out of the crease. Wicketkeeper Nigar Sultana stumped him without making any mistake.
• After being stumped, Shefali herself looked surprised. He expressed his disappointment by hitting his helmet after losing his balance and losing the wicket.
• During this innings, she became the second Indian player to score the fastest fifty in the T20 World Cup. He broke Smriti Mandhana’s record in this matter.
• Mandhana had scored fifty in 31 balls, while Harmanpreet Kaur had scored a half-century in just 27 balls.

India’s fastest fifty in T20 World Cup

• 27 balls – Harmanpreet Kaur vs Sri Lanka, 2024
• 29 balls – Shefali Verma vs Bangladesh, 2026
• 31 balls – Smriti Mandhana vs Australia, 2018
• 32 balls – Harmanpreet Kaur vs Australia, 2023 Semi-Final
• 33 balls – Harmanpreet Kaur vs New Zealand, 2018

India’s record performance in powerplay

India made a record performance in the powerplay. He scored 63 runs at the loss of 1 wicket in 6 overs. This is his highest score in powerplay.

India’s highest scores in the first 6 overs in the Women’s T20 World Cup:

• 63/1 vs Bangladesh, 2026
• 59/0 vs Netherlands, 2026
• 59/2 vs South Africa, 2026
• 59/3 vs Australia, 2023 Semi-Final
• 54/2 vs Bangladesh, 2020

Impact of Shefali’s innings in the match

Even though Shefali was out, her fast start put India in a strong position. His innings showed how important aggressive batting is in the initial overs in a big tournament. Apart from them, Smriti Mandhana scored 8, Yastika Bhatia scored 23, Richa Ghosh scored 10 and Jemimah Rodrigues scored 26 runs. Harmanpreet Kaur remained unbeaten on 13 runs and Deepti Sharma remained unbeaten on 5 runs. For Bangladesh, Ritu Moni took 2 wickets, while Marufa Akter, Nahida Akter and Rabeya Khan took 1 wicket each.

How many runs did Bangladesh score?

Bangladesh won the toss and batted first and scored 136 runs at the loss of 8 wickets. Juairiya Ferdous scored 33, captain Nigar Sultana scored 32, Sobhana Mostary scored 22 and Shorna Akter scored 13 runs. For India, Radha Yadav took 3 wickets for 28 runs in 4 overs. At the same time, Sricharani took 2 wickets, while Renuka Singh Thakur and Nandani Sharma took 1 wicket each.