Shafali played a key role in India’s bid to defend their Asian Games 2026 gold medal at Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin on Tuesday, September 22. The right-handed batter scored 48 runs off 29 balls, including three fours and as many sixes, as the Women in Blue posted a massive total of 216/3 in the allotted 20 overs.
The final was Shafali’s 24th T20I appearance of 2026. Shafali has enjoyed an excellent run of form throughout 2026. She had scored 825 runs, including seven half-centuries and one century in her first 23 matches of the year. She also scored an unbeaten 40 off 15 balls against Japan in the quarter-final.
Most Runs in a Calendar Year in Women’s T20Is
BatterMatchesRunsHighest Score100s / 50sYearShafali Verma (India)24*825*100*1 / 72026Laura Wolvaardt (South Africa)24824126*2 / 42026Natasha Miles (Hong Kong)27800100*1 / 62026Esha Oza (UAE)227791132 / 32025Yasmin Daswani (Hong Kong)2277984*0 / 52026Smriti Mandhana (India)227651241/52026Smriti Mandhana (India)23763770 / 82024Chamari Athapaththu (Sri Lanka)22*721106*1 / 22026Chamari Athapaththu (Sri Lanka)21720119*2 / 42024Esha Oza (UAE)20711114*1 / 42024Smriti Mandhana Crosses 11,000 Runs as India Post Record 216/3
Opening partner Smriti Mandhana became the first woman cricketer to score 11,000 runs in international cricket across all formats. Mandhana made an aggressive start, hitting two boundaries off Sugandika Kumari in the opening over before smashing two sixes in the third.
Harmanpreet Kaur then added 19 off 17 balls before her dismissal in the 15th over. Richa Ghosh kept the scoring rate high in the final overs. She smashed an unbeaten 49 off 22 balls, including six fours and three sixes, and scored 17 runs off the final over bowled by Mithali Ayodhya.
India finished on 216/3 in 20 overs, their highest-ever total in women’s cricket at the Asian Games. Chamudi Praboda, Kavisha Dilhari and Sugandika Kumari took one wicket each for Sri Lanka.
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