Shafali Verma leads India fightback with another fifty after England enforce follow-on

Shafali Verma continued to amaze the cricketing world with her audacious strokeplay as she became only the fourth player in the history of women's Tests to smash two half centuries on debut. 

Bristol: Shafali Verma continued to amaze the cricketing world with her audacious strokeplay as she became only the fourth player in the history of women's Tests to smash two half centuries on debut, taking India to 83 for 1 at stumps on the third day of one-off Test against England. The teenage prodigy was batting on 55 not out off 68 balls in the Indian second innings when the day's play ended after the third session was washed out by rains. Another debutant Deepti Sharma, who was promoted to number 3 after her resolute 29 not out in the first innings, was giving Verma company on unbeaten 18 after India were forced to follow-on in the one-off Test.