Today is the birthday of Shefali Verma, who is captaining India in the Under-19 World Cup being played in South Africa.
She made her debut in the international team at the age of 15.
Under his captaincy, India has reached the final of the Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup for the first time and is now one win away from the title.
She acquired the skill of power-hitting at an early age. Due to this, today, she is also called 'Lady Sehwag.'
Shefali scored an inning of 73 runs in 42 balls in a T20 against West Indies on November 9, 2019. With this innings, he broke the year-old record of Sachin Tendulkar.
When she scored a half-century against the West Indies. At that time, she was 15 years 285 days and became the youngest player to score Fifty in International Cricket.
Before her, this record was in the name of Sachin. Sachin had hit Fifty against Pakistan at the age of 16 years, 214 days.
The Indian captain has hit 25 fours and a maximum of 6 sixes in the Under-19 T20 World Cup.
India defeated New Zealand on Friday to make it to the finals.
Now Indian team will face England on January 29 in the finals of the ICC U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup.