Shafali Verma Overtakes Smriti Mandhana In Elite List Led By Mithali Raj

Shafali Verma Overtakes Smriti Mandhana In Elite List Led By Mithali Raj Shafali opened the innings for India in the 129-run chase on Tuesday and remained unbeaten on 69 runs from 34 balls. She slammed 11 fours and 1 six. Share Your Feedback Choose News18 on Google Shafali Verma opened the innings for India in the second T20I against Sri Lanka on Tuesday (December 23) and scored 69 runs. During her stay at the crease in the 129-run chase at ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam, the right-handed batter from Haryana slammed 11 fours and 1 six. She added 29 runs for the first wicket with Smriti Mandhana (14), 58 runs for the second wicket with Jemimah Rodrigues (26) and 41 runs for the third wicket with captain Harmanpreet Kaur, who made 10 runs. For her unbeaten knock in the second T20I, Shafali won the Player Of The Match award. The POTM award won by Shafali in the second T20I is her 8th POTM award for India in the shortest format of the game. She has now leapfrogged Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma, who have won the POTM award seven times so far in WT20Is for Team India. Recommended Stories The overall record of winning the most POTM awards in WT20Is for India is in the name of former captain Mithali Raj. Mithali played 89 T20Is for India from 2006 to 2019 and won 12 POTM awards. She is followed by Harmanpreet, who has won 11 POTM awards in 184 T20Is played so far. Shafali is third on the list with 8 POTM awards in 92 T20Is. Most POTM awards for India in Women’s T20Is PLAYER MATCHES RUNS WICKETS POTM AWARDS Mithali Raj 89 2364 - 12 Harmanpreet Kaur 184 3679 32 11 Shafali Verma 92 2299 10 8 Smriti Mandhana 155 4021 - 7 Deepti Sharma 130 1100 148 7 Jemimah Rodrigues 114 2470 1 7 For India, in the second T20I, which they won by 7 wickets after chasing down the target of 129 runs in 11.5 overs, spinners Vaishnavi Sharma and Shree Charani picked up two wickets each, and one Sri Lankan batter each was sent back to the pavilion by pacer Kranti Gaud and spin-bowling all-rounder Sneh Rana, who conceded 21 and 11 runs, respectively. The win in the second T20I helped India take a 2-0 lead in the ongoing five-match series, and now if the Harmanpreet Kaur-led side manages to win even one of the remaining three matches in Thiruvananthapuram, then they will seal the series. Post the conclusion of the India-Sri Lanka series, Indian players will take part in the Women’s Premier League 2026. This year’s WPL will be played from January 9 to February 5. Click here to add News18 as your preferred news source on Google. Cricket News , Live Cricket Scores , and trending updates, along with top stories across Sports News , Football News , WWE News , and other Sporting Events . Follow News18 on Google . Join the fun,...

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