20-Year-Old Shafali Verma Becomes Youngest Player to Complete 2000 Runs in Women's T20Is, Achieves Feat During IND-W vs SL-W ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Match
The aggressive right-hander achieved this terrific milestone and became the fifth Indian to get to the mark. Shafali Verma has not had the tournament she would have liked so far in ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 and her performance will be crucial if the Women in Blue are to make it to the semifinals.
Shafali Verma completed a memorable milestone of her career, reaching the 2000-run mark in T20I cricket. The aggressive right-hander achieved this feat during the IND-W vs SL-W ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 match on October 9. Shafali Verma has been one of the mainstays of the India women's national cricket team, especially in the shortest format where she is known to provide the Women in Blue with electrifying starts. Her partnership at the top of the order with Smriti Mandhana has been crucial for the success of the India women's national cricket team. Renuka Singh Thakur Completes 50 T20Is During IND-W vs SL-W ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Match, India Women's Cricket Team Pacer 'Grateful' (Watch Video).
Shafali Verma Completes 2000 Runs in T20Is
Shafali Verma Becomes Youngest Player to Score 2000 T20I Runs
The right-hander has become the youngest player to get to the mark, at just 20 years and 255 days of age. She has surpassed Ireland women's cricket team's Gaby Lewis, who held the record so far when she had reached the mark at 23 years and 35 days.
Shafali Verma's teammate Jemimah Rodrigues also features in this list, having reached the 2000-run mark at age 23 and 318 days. Shafali Verma also became the fifth Indian to get to the mark, joining the likes of Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur, Mithali Raj and Jemimah Rodrigues.
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