Team India are taking on Team South Africa in the summit clash of the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025 at the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai on Sunday, November 2.
She received a strict order from the selectors to improve her batting and grind hard in domestic cricket. The batter did exactly that and played some good knocks in domestic cricket.
Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal continued as openers for India in the ICC Women's World Cup 2025, and the duo did a terrific job. In most of the matches, they provided India with a great start; however, a freak injury to Pratika Rawal broke the opening pair.
Shafali Verma started off well, but fell for 10 runs in the knockout match that India eventually won. The batter made sure to improve her performance in the final and played a sensational knock at an amazing strike rate.
Ravichandran Ashwin’s jinxes Shafali
"A big hundred from Shefali will put this final on track with the 2003 men’s World Cup final. #ICCWomensWorldCup2025," Ravichandran Ashwin wrote on X.
— Ashwin ?? (@ashwinravi99) November 2, 2025
However, minutes after Ravichandran Ashwin's post, the batter got out for 87 runs off 78 balls, to Ayabonga Khaka on the fifth ball of the 28th over. Ravichandran Ashwin received heavy criticism for seemingly jinxing Shafali, and he commented a sad emoji under his post after the wicket.
— Ashwin ?? (@ashwinravi99) November 2, 2025
Shafali Verma breaks Virender Sehwag's record, but fails to go past Gautam Gambhir
Her brilliant performance in the final helped Shafali become the youngest player, female or male, to score an ODI World Cup final fifty. She also went past Virender Sehwag and Punam Raut for the highest score by an Indian in the Cricket World Cup final, but couldn't go past Gautam Gambhir's 97-run record.
97 - Gautam Gambhir (2011)
87 - Shafali Verma (2025)*
82 - Virender Sehwag (2003)
"But at the end of the day, it's about how we reach the end. We were talking about this journey, what we have to do after this defeat, how have to improve ourselves, and along with that we have to stay together and help each other. That really showed what positive characters are there in the team."
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