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Shafali Verma faces short balls from Men’s U-25 players to prepare for ICC World Cup 2022

Indian dynamic young opener Shafali Verma’s game against short ball ploy from the opposition team bowlers was exposed in the recent India tour of Australia and England. 

To overcome that shortcoming, the 17-year-old is now working hard and facing short balls from U-25 men cricketers under the watchful eyes of her childhood coach Ashwani Kumar. 

On a daily basis, the right-hand batter faces 200-250 balls clocking 125-130 kph, at Shri Ram Narain Cricket Academy in Gurugram. 

"It feels good that I have been able to complete two years in international cricket but there is a long way to go. I know the areas of my game I need to get better at and one of them is playing the short ball," Shafali told PTI on the sidelines of a commercial event. 

"The coaches have also told me to play as per the ball and I will continue to do that. I will never change my game. I won't back away that much going forward. You will see me shuffling around the crease a lot more and play as per the merit of the ball,” the number two ranked T20I batter in the world added further. 

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