Chennai: In January 2023, when Shafali Verma hoisted the T20 World Cup trophy under 19 in South Africa, with tears of joy, she said: “This is only the beginning.” The journey of this “start”, became much more joyful than the young opening striker could have imagined, culminating in his leaving the Indian team for the Odi World Cup at home from September. With Lean yields in the Odi and a dismal show at home against New Zealand, the ax fell in November last year. Shafali was abandoned from the ODI team for the Australian tour and remained disgrace. His last half-century came in 2022. When the door closed, Shafali turned to domestic cricket and has become the main scorer in a format that disturbed him the most. It accumulated 527 points at a strike rate of 152.31 in the days for Haryana, including one 197 on 115 bullets. In March, wearing the Delhi Capitals jersey in the WPL, she finished as the fourth higher in the Glober. In July of this year, Shafali rugged in Indian colors and showed lightning of his boastful during the T20I series in England. For all its flair in the shortest format, the ODI remains the unresolved puzzle of Shafali. The striker managed an average of 23 in 29 games, and during the recent tour in India in Australia, his performance was disappointing. So when his name has disappeared in the next ODI World Cup team to come, it barely raised the eyebrows. In his place, Pratika Rawal came, who made his debut last year, and asserted his file with regular yields at an average of 54. According to WV Raman, who was the female coach of India, when a 15 -year -old Shafali was part of the scene of WV Raman, who was the female coach of India. Shafali was India’s first run-det to during the T20 2020 World Cup, a campaign where India went to the final under the surveillance of Raman. “She must return to the team by working on her shortcomings. Basically, she needs to set up coherent performance in the 50 format on Pratika has seized her opportunities and moved Shafali.
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Do you think Shafali Verma will make a successful return to the ODI team?
“The other area that needs improvement is its alignment. What is important is for her to make her way in the team. And she received a little latitude when she started. A setback is always good for making a strong return,” Raman told you. Shafali, who had a child entered a local tournament under 12, went out with the “Man of the Match” medal and “Man of the Series”, has always worn the same audacity on the international scene. Today, even if she faces the first big setback of her international career, the fierce and Spunky prodigy still has the age and time to change things. Shantha Rangaswamy, a former chief selector, is confident of Shafali’s return. “She is very talented but she must score regularly. Unless she does this, it will not be fair to drop Pratika, who has done very well. My advice is: “You (Shafali) are age on your side, you are a talented cricket player, you just need to continue building scores regularly. I think she will certainly make a comeback because she is a huge talent, “said Shantha, the first captain of the Indian female cricket team.
