Shafali Verma Breaks Record for Fastest Double Century in Women's Tests

Shafali Verma is delighted after hitting the fastest double century in Women's test history in 2024. She made this double century only in 194 balls and grabbed the record for the fastest 200 from Annabelle Sutherland, the Australian Women's cricketer. India won the toss last Friday in this match and chose to bat first.

Read the blog about Shafali Verma’s new record in the Women's Tests. She made this double century in Chepuk Stadium, Chennai. EKhel is the best online betting platform where you can place live bets on sports events. 

Who is Shafali Verma?

Shafali Verma, born on January 28, 2004, is an Indian player and a part of the Indian Women's National Cricket Team. She is a young and talented emerging player who made numerous records in the Women’s cricket tournaments against international teams. Indian Women’s Cricket team won the Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup under Verma’s Captaincy. 

• In 2019, she became the youngest cricketer to play a Women’s T20 International match representing India.
• In 2021, she became the youngest player (Male or Female) to play for India in all three formats of international cricket.
• In 2022, she became the youngest cricketer to complete 1000 runs in T20I format

What Record does Shafali Verma break in 2024?

Shafali Verma is delighted after hitting the fastest double century in Women's test history in 2024. She made this double century only in 194 balls and grabbed the record for the fastest 200 from Annabelle Sutherland, the Australian Women's cricketer. She made this double century in Chepuk Stadium, Chennai on 28th June 2024 (Friday). Shafali scored 205 runs in just 194 balls.

After Mithali Raj, Shafali became the second Indian cricket player to score a Test double-century. In this game, Shafali hit 23 boundaries including 8 sixes. 

Shafali and Smriti showed a powerful opening partnership and made 292 runs in this match against South Africa.  This is India’s highest partnership for any wicket in women’s Tests and the second-highest partnership in Women’s Test Cricket history.

what Record Does the Indian Women’s Cricket Team Break in 2024? 

Not only Shafali, but the entire team also broke the 80-year-plus record of scoring maximum runs in a day in a Test match format. The team scored 525 runs after losing 4 wickets in a single day. Team England scored 431 runs after losing 4 wickets in a day and achieved a milestone in 1935. Team India surpassed this score in 2024 and made a new record in Test matches format. Team India became the inaugural team to score above 500 runs in the Women's test cricket format.

Which Australian player's record did Shafali Verma surpass for the fastest double-century?

Shafali Verma surpassed Annabelle Sutherland’s record for the fastest double-century. Annabelle made a double-century in 248 balls whereas Shafali made this record in only 194 balls in Women’s Test Cricket. This record was made during the match between India & South Africa on 28th June (Friday).

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