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Not content with U-19 T20 World Cup triumph, Shafali Verma sets sights on senior T20 World Cup | Cricket News



NEW DELHI: Led India to the winning title in U-19 T20 World Cup In kitchen on Sunday, Shafali Verma now want to win World Cup T20 title with high level team too.
T20 Female World Cup conducted from February 10, South Africa and Shafali, 19, wanted to make the visit even more memorable with another silverware.
“No, the big ones are there too,” Shafali said when asked if the U-19 trophy is the only trophy she hopes to bring home from South Africa.

“I am someone who is always focused on the task at hand. When I entered the U19 team, I was only focused on winning the U19 Cup and we won that today (Sunday).
“I will try to carry this winning confidence with me and win the senior World Cup. I will try to forget this and participate in the high-level setup and stick with the team and win the championship. the World Cup,” she said. ICC.
India on Sunday clinched their first ICC title in women’s cricket as a group of extremely talented teenagers lifted the inaugural U-19 World Championship with a seven-stroke victory over England.
The Indian team led by Shafali did what their seniors failed to do by overcoming the final hurdle in a global event.

For the first time, India knocked England out with a score of 68 in 17.1 rounds and then went back to knocking down the lowly target in 14 rounds to lift the coveted trophy.
Shafali was part of the Indian team that fell at the final hurdle at the T20 2020 World Cup, when Australia beat the competition by 85 runs in front of more than 85,000 fans at the MCG.
She said she still feels the pain of the loss.
“Melbourne was an emotional day for me in that last game, we didn’t win the match,” Shafali recalls.

“When I joined the U19 team, I just thought, ‘you know, we have to win this Cup.’ I just want to say to all the girls, ‘We have to win this Cup, we’re here for the Cup’.
“We lost the World Cup and those were tears of grief. Today, they were tears of happiness because we achieved what we came here to.
“I tried to control it but it just couldn’t happen. I will take this as a big achievement and find a way to use it to learn something more. I will try to score more goals for India. Do and I will not be satisfied with this Cup. This is just the beginning.”
(With PTI input)

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India won the opening victory of the T20 Women’s U-19 World Cup with a strong victory over England

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