Indian opener Shafali Verma has emerged as one of the most explosive women’s cricketers in the last few years. Former Indian captain Mithali Raj – who recently announced her retirement from international cricket, was full of praise for Verma’s batting and lauded her as one of those players who could single-handedly win matches for the team.
Raj, who has been one of the biggest ambassadors of women’s cricket, recalled the time when she watched Verma play in domestic cricket where she realised the explosive right-handed batter had the ability to change the match with her innings.
“When I saw Shafali in a domestic match, she scored a fifty and I could see the glimpse of a player who could change the entire match with her innings. When she played for Velocity in the first edition of the Challenger Trophy, she played from my team and even then I could see she has the ability, the raw power, that you very rarely get to see at that age to clear boundaries and to hit a six at will,” Raj said on an ICC Podcast.
Verma is a part of the India women’s cricket team which is participating in the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022.
Further heaping praise on Verma, Raj said she was a big fan of her batting and rates her as a batter who can single-handedly win matches for the team.
“I have been a big fan of her game. I have seen that she is one player to has the ability to win games single-handedly for India, against any attack, against any team. I am really looking forward to see how far she will go in terms of taking the responsibility of winning matches for India and how she will be groomed,” she added.
