Shafali Verma's memorable Test debut ends with a unique record

Updated : Jun 19, 2021 17:29
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She is just 17, on Test debut, that too in England, but India's Shafali Verma was the biggest reason to attract eyeballs to women's Test despite the World Test Championship being played almost at the same time.

After missing a much-deserved hundred by just 4 runs in the first innings, the opener backed it up with a free-flowing 83-ball-63 in the 2nd innings. She not only became the youngest to complete fifty in both innings on the debut Test but her combined score of 159 is now the 3rd highest aggregate runs on Test debut in women's cricket. Moreover, Shafali also became the first women cricketer in history to hit three sixes in a Test match.

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