With 74 senior worldwide appearances beneath her belt, Shafali Verma is discovering the tempo of the Under-19 bowlers slightly simpler within the ongoing Junior Women’s World Cup.
Shafali, who has performed 51 WT20Is and 21 ODIs aside from two Tests for the senior India workforce, is presently main the U-19 nationwide workforce within the Women’s U-19 T20 World Cup. She has scored 45 runs in 16 balls in opposition to South Africa and 78 runs in 34 balls in opposition to UAE to register consecutive victories of Indian women.
He mentioned, ‘There is a number of distinction as a result of in Under-19 the ball is coming slightly slower and the wicket can also be in a slower path and we try to get used to it. And after all, there’s a little bit of distinction, the quick bowlers have good tempo, there’s additionally a superb mindset however they’re all studying and I’m actually having fun with taking part in with them.
“I think it (U-19 T20 World Cup) is very important for women’s cricket because the way Mithali (Raj) said it is very good for them to grow up and develop talented players,” she mentioned. Is.”
The 19-year-old Shafali, who’s taking part in her first and final U-19 T20 World Cup, led India to back-to-back complete victories within the match.
“Of course it’s a great feeling. It’s my first and last because it’s my last year of U-19. We have a good team, we’re really enjoying with the girls and I’m very happy.” Hopefully we play good cricket and naturally we will probably be right here for the World Cup and we are going to attempt to get that.”
“I would say that we are doing well in batting, bowling and fielding and as captain, I am hopeful that we will win the World Cup.” Like any Indian cricketer of the 2000s period, Shafali idolized Sachin Tendulkar rising up and needs to relaxation in peace of the cricket icon going ahead. Apart from Tendulkar, Shafali additionally likes the batting of England’s Liam Livingstone amongst present cricketers.
“I feel these days, I like Livingstone’s batting as a result of he’s hitting very nicely. Of course rising up, taking part in cricket, I used to look at Sachin Tendulkar sir. So Sachin sir is my position mannequin as nicely.
“I love watching him play the game and stay calm,” she added.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
