Indian batter Shafali Verma has actually been contributed to India’s team for the 2025 ICC Women’s ODI World Cup, changing Pratika Rawal ahead of the semifinal clash versus Australia in Navi Mumbai on Thursday. The 21-year-old changes Rawal, who suffered an ankle injury throughout India’s last league phase match versus Bangladesh on Sunday.
Verma, who wasn’t part of the primary team or the reserves, has actually remained in impressive type for Haryana in the Senior Women’s T20 Trophy, where she built up 341 runs in 9 matches.
According to an ICC declaration, “The Event Technical Committee of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 has actually authorized Shafali Verma as a replacement for Pratika Rawal in the India team. Verma was called as a replacement after Rawal was dismissed after sustaining an injury to her ideal ankle while fielding in the league match versus Bangladesh on Sunday.”
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The release even more included, “The replacement of a gamer needs the approval of the Event Technical Committee before the replacement gamer can be formally contributed to the team.”
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Who is Shafali?
Verma has actually represented India in 29 ODIs, scoring 644 perform at approximately 23, consisting of 4 half-centuries, with a career-best rating of 71 not out. Her last ODI look came versus New Zealand in Ahmedabad in October 2024. The right-hander was likewise part of India’s team throughout the 2022 ODI World Cup in New Zealand, where the group left in the league phase.
Throughout the 2025 World Cup team statement, previous females’s choice committee chairperson Neetu David had actually worried that Shafali stayed an essential part of India’s long-lasting strategies. “Shafali Verma is quite part of our system. Now, she is playing in Australia, however we are keeping an eye on her. The concept is that the more she plays, the more experience she acquires, which will assist India in the future, specifically in the 50-over format,” David had actually stated.
India had 4 other reserve choices to select from; Tejal Hasabnis, Prema Rawat, Priya Mishra, and Sayali Satghare.
Previously in the competition, Uma Chetry, who made her ODI launching versus Bangladesh on Sunday, was brought into the team after Yastika Bhatia suffered a knee injury simply weeks before the World Cup started. Verma’s addition comes at an essential time as India get ready for their high-stakes semifinal versus protecting champs Australia, with an area in the last on the line.