She wasn’t supposed to be there. But she was. And she changed the trajectory of the game

xShefali Verma wasn’t part of the squad. She wasn’t even on the reserve list. But fate, as it often does with the bold, had other plans.

When Pratika Rawal suffered a last-minute injury just days before the World Cup final, the team scrambled for a replacement. The name that surfaced wasn’t on any official sheet. Shefali was a wildcard entry. A gamble. A girl who had been watching from the sidelines, not even expecting a call-up.

And yet, by the end of the day, Shefali Verma was the name on every fan’s lips.

Grit and Guts

Thrown into the deep end, Shefali rose to the occasion. Her blistering 87-run knock, laced with seven fours and two towering sixes, turned the tide of the match.

And it wasn’t j

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