Asian Games Women's T20I, 2023: Shafali Verma's stormy innings

Asian Games 2023: The Asian Games have started in Hangzhou, China. In the quarter-final match between India and Malaysia Women's team in cricket, India's Shafali Verma made a blast and managed to score a half-century off just 31 balls. Shafali scored 45 off 67 balls with four fours and five sixes. Shafali became the first woman batter from India to score a half-century in the Asian Games, while also becoming the youngest batter to hit 4 sixes in T5 International.

WHAT AN INNINGS PLAYED BY SHAFALI VERMA...!!!

She smashed 67 runs from 39 balls including 4 fours and 5 Sixes in Asian Games 2023, She is first Indian to score a fifty in Asian Games - Take a bow, Shafali Verma!#AsianGames2023#ShafaliVermapic.twitter.com/XUisFLxxCf

— king_kohli_FanClub (@RavindraNain29) September 21, 2023

Well played, Shafali Verma...!!

67 in 39 balls with 4 fours and 5 sixes. She becomes the youngest ever in T20is to smash 50 sixes - a quality show against Malaysia by Shafali. pic.twitter.com/8ik5rnq88I

— Akhand Bharat (@Awaringindia) September 21, 2023

History - Shafali Verma becomes first Indian to score a fifty in Asian Games.

- Shafali Verma created history...!! pic.twitter.com/Chyv2mzMcq

— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) September 21, 2023

Well played, Shafali Verma...!!

67 in 39 balls with 4 fours and 5 sixes. She becomes the youngest ever in T20is to smash 50 sixes - a quality show against Malaysia by Shafali. pic.twitter.com/qEdkMclDRP

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) September 21, 2023

Shafali Verma became the first Indian to score a fifty in Asian Games history.

- Shafali created history in China...!!!! pic.twitter.com/V1ISHSQ0u7

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) September 21, 2023

Let me tell you that at this time Shafali Verma is only 19 years old and the style in which she is batting is amazing. This was the reason why the Indian women's team scored 15 runs for 2 wickets in 173 overs in a rain-affected match. In the match, Malaysia won the toss and decided to bowl first.

"Virat and Sachin are special players because..." Manjrekar spoke of similar qualities between the two players.

"Karun Nair's luck did not support but did not give up, now he is making a splash in county cricket, batting like this and scoring so many runs

Shafali and Smriti Mandhana shared a 57-run partnership for the first wicket. Mandhana was out for 16 off 27 balls. After this, Shafali, along with Jemima Rodrigues, continued to explode, Shafali's wicket fell on a score of 143 runs, by the time Shefali was out, she had done her job. After Shafali's dismissal, Jemima Rodrigues and Risha Ghosh took the Indian innings to 173 runs. Risha remained unbeaten on 21 and Jemimah Rodrigues on 47.