Shefali Verma made a statement about Sachin Tendulkar (Photo- PTI)
The Indian women’s team is currently on a tour of England, where it is going to play a series of three formats with the hosts. The tour starts with the T20 series. With this series, young opener Shefali Verma is returning to Team India after about 8 months. In such a situation, all eyes will be on them in this series. He had earlier played an ODI against New Zealand on October 29, 2024. But he was dropped due to poor form. Now he is returning and has a big role of great batsman Sachin Tendulkar. Shefali herself has made a fun disclosure about this.
Got encouraged by seeing Sachin’s innings
The BCCI has shared a video on its official social media account before the first T20 match against England, in which Shefali Verma said, “At first I thought that every ball should hit a four or a six but, then I realized that it is necessary to honor a good ball. I saw Sachin Sir’s Test innings and I got a lot of encouragement from him. I remembered my childhood days when I did not miss a single match. I had to watch all the matches.
Setbacks. Strength. Shafali 💪
⏳ Living in the present🌟 taking inspiration from the legend @Sachin_rt 🏡 rebuilding with strength of family
Here’s Shafali Verma’s Comeback Story – by @jigsactin
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– Bcci Women (@BcciWomen) June 28, 2025
The place was not found in the team
Team India played a three -match ODI series against Australia in November last year in which Shefali Verma was dropped. Regarding this, the Indian player said, ‘Whenever you make a comeback, you have to go through a difficult situation, but when you come back in the team’s environment, it really feels very good. Happy that I have returned. My father had a heart attack 10 days before the series against Australia and that was a very difficult time for me. After this, I did not get a place in the team either. 20 to 25 days I worked on my fitness and my father also recovered. Everything was better before domestic cricket. I have faced a lot of problem, but my entire focus is on the T20 series against England. It is a very big thing to get jerseys after so long.
Team India ready for T20 series
The players of the Indian women’s team have worked hard for this series. He has practiced fiercely in the nets and now all the players would like to convert this practice into a bang performance on the field. Shefali Verma would also like to bat aggressively in this T20 series. After the T20 series of this five match, a three -match ODI series will be played between the two teams, which is starting from July 16.
