Shafali Verma (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Image)

Chennai: In January 2023, when Shafali Verma hoisted the under -19 women’s T20 World Cup trophy in South Africa, with tears of happiness, she said: “This is just the beginning.” The journey from that “beginning”, however, was far away than the young inauguration batsman, the house starting in September to be imagined to be demolished by the India squad for the ODI World Cup. The ax collapsed in November last year, with a disappointing show at home against Return and New Zealand against New Zealand. Shafali was removed from the ODI squad for the Australia Tour and remained out of favor. His last half -century came in 2022. When the door was closed, Shafali turned into domestic cricket and emerged as a leading run-scorer in a format that caused him the most harassment. He scored 527 runs for Haryana at a strike rate of 152.31 in one day, including 197 runs in 115 balls. In March, Donating the Delhi Capital Jersey at WPL, it ended as the fourth highest run-goldter. In July this year, Shafali roared in Indian colors and showed his swagger shine during the T20I series in England. For all her nature in the smallest format, Odis remains Shafali’s unresolved puzzle. The batsman has managed an average of 23 in 29 matches, and recently on India’s visit to Australia, his performance was less. Therefore, when his name disappeared from the upcoming house ODI World Cup squad, he rarely raised eyebrows. Pratika Rawal came to her place, who made her debut last year, and on an average, she has made her case with continuous returns at an average of 54. According to WV Raman, 21 -year -old Shafali needs to crack in the 50 -over format, which was India’s female head coach when a 15 -year -old Shafali was first broken on the spot. Shafali was India’s leading run-goldter in the 2020 T20 World Cup, a campaign where Bharat went into the final under Raman’s watch. “He has to work back to the team by working on his shortcomings. Originally, he needs to perform continuously in the 50 -over format as Pratika has caught her opportunities and displaced Shafli.

Raman told TOI, “The second area that needs improvement is his fielding. What is important for him is to fight in its own way to go back to the team. And when he started it was reduced to a great extent. It is very good. A shock to make a strong return is always good.” Shafali, who once went to the Under -12 All -Boys Local Tournament as a child and went out with the ‘Man of the Match’ and ‘Man of the Series’ medals, always daring on the international stage. Today, even when she faces the first big shock of her international career, the terrible and spanking prodigy is still age and time to turn things. Former chief selector, Shanta Rangwami, is confident of the return of Shafali. “She is very talented, but needs to score continuously. As long as she does it, she will not be appropriate to leave the morning, who has done very well. Her advice: ‘You (Shafli) are on your side, you are a talented cricketer, you just need to maintain a constant score.’ I think she will definitely come back, as she is a great talent, ”said Shantha, the first captain of the Indian women’s cricket team.