Shafali Verma, famous as Lady Sehwag of the Indian women’s team, is needed at Chennai’s Chepauk ground. Shafali Verma performed brilliantly on the first day of the test match. Indian women’s cricket has ended a drought of 22 years. Shafali Verma scored a double century in this match.
After 22 years, an Indian woman cricketer has achieved the feat of scoring a double century. Earlier, former Indian captain Mithali Raj had scored a double century. In 2002, she scored 214 runs against England.
Shefali Verma has scored the first double century of her Test career. She holds the record for scoring the fastest double century in women’s Test cricket history. She completed her double century in 194 balls. In this, she hit 43 fours and 8 sixes.
Earlier, the record for the fastest double century in the history of women’s test cricket was in the name of Australia’s Annabel Sutherland. She had scored a double century in 248 balls against South Africa in February this year.
On the other hand, Shefali Verma has created a new history by scoring an explosive century. She broke a 40-year-old world record with this innings. Shefali Verma scored a century in 113 balls. The world record was made by Janet Britton in 1984 by scoring a century in 137 balls against Australia.
Shefali Verma and Smriti Mandhana shared a 292-run partnership for the first wicket. With this partnership, Pakistan’s 20-year-old record has been broken. In 2004, Pakistan’s Kiran Baloch and Sajida Shah shared a 241-run partnership for the first wicket against West Indies.
