Former England captain Nasser Hussain hailed India batter Shafali Varma’s triumphant return to India’s ICC Women’s World Cup winning team and her all-round show in the final, pointing it how the “gamble” of a selection turned out to be good for Team India.

Shafali lived up to her words spoken in the presser before the semifinals against Australia, delivering the “good” that the “god” had sent her for in the final of the ICC Women’s World Cup against Proteas, first, a record-breaking knock of 87, the highest by an Indian women’s player in a WC final and then following it with a tight spell of 2/36, including wicket of experienced all-rounder Marizanne Kapp.

It was a remarkable turnaround of fortunes for Shafali, who had previously played ODIs last October before returning for the semifina

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