Lady Sehwag’s blast against South Africa, Shefali Verma hit the fastest double century in 145 years of cricket history

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|28-06-2024

Shefali Verma: The South African women's cricket team is currently on a tour of India, where after a 3-match ODI series, a single Test match series is now being played. The first match is being played in Chennai from July 1. In this match, opening batsman Shefali Verma created history from the Indian team. She scored a double century and celebrated in a grand manner, the video of which is also going viral on social media.

Shefali Verma became the second player

  • In the Test format, Shefali Verma scored a double century against South Africa.
    Earlier, the record of scoring a double century in Tests was in the name of Mithali Raj.
  • She scored a double century against England in the year 2002. Shefali created history in the fifth match of her Test career.
  • He played a brilliant innings of 205 runs in 197 balls in this match. In this innings, he hit 23 fours and 8 sixes.
  • The special thing was that she shared a 292-run partnership with Smriti Mandhana for the first wicket. Mandhana also scored 149 runs.

Celebrated in a special way

  • Shefali Verma, playing the fifth match of her Test career, opened the front against South Africa.
    The special thing was that she scored runs at a strike rate of 104.06.
  • After completing the double century, Shefali was overjoyed. She celebrated her celebration by jumping in the air. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur also celebrated from the pavilion after Shefali completed her double century.
  • After this, all the players of the team encouraged Shafali by clapping, the video of which is going viral on social media and fans are also giving their reactions.

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