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ENG W vs IND W: Shafali Verma becomes youngest Indian to feature in all three formats of the game

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India Women opener Shafali Verma became the youngest Indian to feature in all three formats of the game after she was presented her ODI cap in the first game of the three-match ODI series against England on Sunday, 27 June. She made her debut at 17 years and 150 days, which is the least for Indian cricketers, male or female. In the world, she is the fifth-youngest in a list that is topped by Afghanistan’s Mujeeb-Ur-Rahman, who featured in all formats of the game when he was just 17 years and 78 days old. 

Haryana born Verma, was also the youngest Indian to play in a T20I when she made her debut against South Africa Women in September 2019, aged just 15 years and 236 days old. 

Since then, the right-handed batter who reminds people of Virender Sehwag with her attacking batting has played 22 T20Is and a solitary Test, scoring a combined total of 776 runs. She was presented her ODI cap by India Women skipper Mithali Raj and became the 131st women to represent India in ODIs. 

In the match taking place at Bristol, India have been asked to bat after England skipper Heather Knight win the toss and decided to bowl first. A shocking decision was in the offing as well when India decided to bench Sneh Rana, the bowling all-rounder who saved the Test match single-handedly with her brilliant batting effort. 

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