After sensational beginning, 16-year-old Shafali Verma needs to up the game, say experts
With her big-hitting prowess, a rarity in women's cricket, 16-year-old Shafali Verma was bound to succeed at the highest level.
ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020: Shafali Verma, the hard-hitting 16-year-old prodigy born to play T20 cricket
Despite scoring only two fifties, Shafali Verma's career aggregate stands at 485 runs. She has scored 161 of these runs in four innings the ongoing T20 World Cup — somehow averaging over 40 without reaching fifty even once.
ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020: With spectre of rain looming, here's what India need to do against England
India beat both Australia and New Zealand (and two others) to top the points table at the 2018 T20 World Cup and make it to the semi-final. Then they played England, and ended up losing a one-sided contest. On Thursday, things may turn out to be different.
BCCI in talks with ECB over allowing Indian women's team cricketers to participate in 'The Hundred'
England and Wales Cricket Board is currently engaged in a discussion with the BCCI about the participation of the Indian women cricketers in the tournament
ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020: Indian cricketers say fitness key to winning elusive title ahead of opening game against Australia
Four Indian women cricketers, who are part of the T20 World Cup squad, have expressed confidence of doing well in the marqee tournament.
ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020: Indian opener Smriti Mandhana says middle-order needs to fire to help team's chances in tournament
Mandhana, teenaged duo of Shafali Verma and Jemima Rodrigues and captain Harmanpreet Kaur headline what Australia coach Matthew Mott described as the most feared batting line-up in the tournament
Women's T20 tri-series 2020, Highlights, India vs England at Melbourne, Full Cricket Score: Harmanpreet Kaur and Co lose by four wickets
Catch all the live updates from the Women's T20 tri-series league match between India and England.
ICC Women's T20I Rankings: Jemimah Rodrigues rises to 4th in batting charts, Radha Yadav jumps to second spot in bowlers
India's Jemimah Rodrigues on Thursday jumped to the fourth position in the batting charts, while slow left-arm spinner Radha Yadav is placed second among bowlers in the latest ICC Women's T20I Player Rankings.
India Women vs South Africa Women, Highlights, 2nd ODI in Vadodara, full cricket score: Hosts beat Proteas by 5 wickets
Follow the live scorecard of the second ODI between India Women and South Africa Women at the Reliance Stadium in Vadodara on our live blog.
India women vs South Africa women: Smriti Mandhana ruled out of ODI series, all-rounder Pooja Vastrakar drafted in, says report
Mandhana, who hasn't had a good outing with the bat so far, notching up scores of 21, 13, 7 and 5 in the T20I series which India won 3-1, now remains uncertain for the Indian women's team tour of the West Indies
Focus on 15-year-old Shafali Verma as Board President's XI play South Africa women in warm-up T20 match
Rookie teenager Shafali Verma, who has been picked in India's T20 squad, would be the cynosure of all eyes when the Board President's XI takes on the South Africa women in a warm-up match here on Friday.
15-year-old Shafali Verma living father's dream with maiden India call-up for T20I series against South Africa women
Mithali Raj’s decision to quit T20 cricket triggered her Velocity teammate Shafali Verma’s maiden call-up and many saw it as a passing of the baton
BCCI ACU chief calls for match-fixing law, legalised betting and gambling to curb corruption in Indian cricket
'It is not unstoppable. We probably require a law against it, a match-fixing law. If there is a clear law against it, police will also have a clear cut role', said ACU chief Ajit Singh Shekhawat
Govt cannot let issues relating to unchecked growth of sports leagues fester; urgent need to put match-fixing genie back in bottle
There is no reason for the Ministry to not add an annexure against corruption in sport. All it takes is political will for Government to bring in a simple set of regulations, empowering agencies to investigate and lay charges, and tribunals to make considered decisions.
Former India women's coach Tushar Arothe claims innocence after arrest in alleged IPL betting case
Tushar Arothe was arrested on Monday for allegedly betting on an IPL match before being given bail by the police
Former Indian women's cricket team coach Tushar Arothe arrested in IPL betting racket
Former Indian women's cricket team head coach Tushar Arothe has been arrested in Vadadora in connection with a Indian Premier League betting racket.
Firstpost Spodcast Episode 158: WADA appeals shot putter Inderjeet Singh’s exoneration, Indian women's cricket team loss to England and more
On this episode, we discuss WADA's appeal against shot putter Inderjeet Singh’s exoneration, Indian women's cricket team suffering T20 series defeat against England and more.
LISTEN: Full script of Episode 158 of Spodcast where we discuss WADA's appeal against shot putter Inderjeet Singh’s exoneration and more
On this episode, we discuss WADA's appeal against shot putter Inderjeet Singh’s exoneration, Indian women's cricket team suffering T20 series defeat against England and more.
India women vs England women: Smriti Mandhana and Co suffer sixth straight loss in T20Is as visitors seal series 2-0
Chasing 112 for an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series, England completed the task in 19.1 overs, holding nerves after losing a few quick wickets.
Firstpost Spodcast Episode 151: Indian women's cricket team's win against England, Chelsea fine goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga and more
Today, we discuss Indian women’s cricket team's win against England in the second ODI, Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga fined for defying manager Maurizio Sarri and more.