Shafali Verma will be very important for us in all formats: Mithali
The Hindu
The India veteran also backed her English counterpart Heather Knight's call for a five-day Test format for women’s cricket.
Shafali Verma’s spectacular debut has caught the imagination of the Indian women’s team Test skipper Mithali Raj, who feels the teenager would be a key member of the side in all the formats of the game in future. The 17-year-old, who had smashed a stroke-filled 96 in the first innings, made 63 in the second innings, to become the youngest woman and fourth overall to score twin half-centuries in her debut Test and was rightfully adjudged player-of-the-match. “She will be very, very important to the Indian batting unit in all formats. She beautifully adapted to this format,” Mithali said in a virtual media interaction after India, following on, salvaged a draw in the one-off Test against England.More Related News