Suryaa Sports Desk: Indian women's cricket team's star opener Shafali Verma reached a rare milestone with a sensational performance in ODI cricket. Vadodara vs Zimbabwe... Indian women's cricket team's star opener Shafali Verma reached a rare milestone with a sensational performance in ODI cricket. Shafali Verma stunned everyone with his half-century off just 26 balls in the third ODI against Zimbabwe at Vadodara. With this explosive batting, she equaled Richa Ghosh's record as the second player to score the fastest half-century for India in women's ODIs. Smriti Mandhan, who scored a half-century in just 23 balls against Australia, continues to be at the top of this exclusive list. Shafali Verma has proved his aggressiveness by completing a half-century in 29 balls against Zimbabwe in the past, but now he has achieved this feat in just 26 balls against the same opponent.
In this third ODI held in Vadodara, the Indian women's team showed all-round dominance and won by 8 wickets. With this victory, India swept the three-match ODI series 3-0. The Indian bowlers put a lot of pressure on the Zimbabwean team who won the toss and went into bat. In particular, Indian bowler Vaishnavi Sharma broke the back of the opposition batting with 5 wickets. The Zimbabwe team was bowled out for just 131 runs as Vaishnavi Sharma was unable to withstand the pressure. After that, team India came into the ring with a small target of 132 runs and scored fast runs from the beginning. India crossed the target in just 17 overs and secured victory.
Opener Shafali Verma remained unbeaten with 51 runs, while another batsman Prateika Rawat remained unbeaten with 59 runs and brought the team to the winning shores. These two burst with half-centuries as India chased down the target with ease. Before this ODI series, the Indian team also won the three-match T20 series at home by a margin of 3-0. Now with a clean sweep of the ODI series in the same manner, the Indian women's team has shown undisputed dominance in both the formats. Commentators and fans are showering praises on the talent of Indian sportsmen who are rushing with successive victories. Also Read: Ishan Kishan's re-entry for the last two T20Is with New Zealand.. Will the young player get a place in the final team..?
