Player profile

Shafali Verma

Batsman · IN

Born: Jan 28, 2004
Batting: Right Handed Bat
Bowling: right-arm offbreak
From: Rohtak, Haryana

Batting career

All formats

FormatMRunsAvgSRHS

T20I1112,92627.87281.8981

Test559859.80159.04205

women t20722131.57161.3155

women t20i737675.2186.14100*

ODI3683824.65257.8587

T20925127.89147.6564

Bowling career

All formats

FormatMWktsEconOversBest

T20I111146.6844.00/8

Test523.569.00

women t20706.4420.2

women t20i704.6916.0

ODI3635.2726.00/25

T20917.758.01/26

Recent performances

odi form

2025-11-02vs SA-W, Women's WC 2025, #^0ODI87 (78b)—

2025-11-02vs SA-W, Women's WC 2025, #^0ODI—2/36 (7.0o)

2025-10-30vs AUS-W, Women's WC 2025, #^2ODI10 (5b)—

2024-10-29vs NZ-W, NZW vs INDW 2024, #3ODI12 (11b)—

2024-10-27vs NZ-W, NZW vs INDW 2024, #2ODI11 (9b)—

2024-10-24vs NZ-W, NZW vs INDW 2024, #1ODI—0/10 (1.0o)

2024-10-24vs NZ-W, NZW vs INDW 2024, #1ODI33 (22b)—

2024-06-23vs SA-W, SAW vs INDW 2024, #3ODI25 (39b)—

2024-06-19vs SA-W, SAW vs INDW 2024, #2ODI—0/26 (4.0o)

2024-06-19vs SA-W, SAW vs INDW 2024, #2ODI20 (38b)—

2024-06-16vs SA-W, SAW vs INDW 2024, #1ODI7 (12b)—

2022-03-27vs SA-W, Women's WC 2022, #28ODI53 (46b)—

2022-03-22vs BAN-W, Women's WC 2022, #22ODI42 (42b)—

2022-03-19vs AUS-W, Women's WC 2022, #18ODI12 (16b)—

2022-03-06vs PAK-W, Women's WC 2022, #4ODI0 (6b)—

About

Player story

The youngest-ever to play T20I cricket for India, Shefali Verma shot to fame during the women's exhibition match that was played towards the fag end of IPL 2019. Batting at the top of the order, she showed admirable gumption for a 15-year-old and despite not scoring a lot of runs, her immense confidence and clarity in shot-selection impressed one and all. Shefali also shone in the Women's T20 Challenge that happened later in the year and consquently got picked for the National team in the home T20Is against South Africa. Shefali's biggest strength is her fearless nature of gameplay and could be the perfect successor to Smriti Mandhana. Not many know that Shefali had to disguise as a boy during her childhood to train as there was no academy for girls in her native place, Rohtak. Her father reluctantly agreed to this plan despite the obvious fear of being caught. Having idolised Sachin Tendulkar, Shefali is also a huge fan of AB de Villiers. Her attacking style of play as an opener is obviously an afteraffect of Virender Sehwag's legacy.