Shafali Verma and Richa Ghosh are set to play within the Ladies’s T20 International Cup in South Africa after changing into champions of the inaugural U19 Ladies’s T20 International Cup.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Feb 3, 2023 19:55 IST
Time to win senior International Cup identify: Shafali pumps up Richa ahead of T20 WC 2023. Courtesy: Richa Ghosh Twitter
Via India Lately Internet Table: After main the Indian crew to glory within the inaugural version of the Ladies’s T20 International Cup, 19-year-old Shafali Verma has set her attractions at the upcoming senior Ladies’s T20 International Cup to be performed in South Africa from February 10 to 26.
After profitable the identify ultimate Sunday through beating England within the ultimate at Senwes Park in Potchefstroom, Shafali and her teammates attended a felicitation rite on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
The mythical Sachin Tendulkar gave a motivational speech and the Indian ladies’s crew was once offered with a cheque of INR 5 crore.
After attending the development that came about ahead of the Indian males’s 3rd and ultimate T20I in opposition to New Zealand, the Indian ladies’s crew left for South Africa.
Earlier than leaving for the mega match, Shafali and her U19 teammate Richa Ghosh had been requested about their feelings and emotions after lifting the International Cup every week in the past. That’s when Shafali informed Richa about profitable the senior International Cup.
“Ab senior International Cup identify jeetna hai, Richa (Now it is time to win the senior International Cup identify, Richa),” Shafali was once quoted as pronouncing to The Occasions of India whilst striking her fingers round Richa.
Richa additionally heaped reward on Shafali for main from the entrance within the event. The wicketkeeper mentioned how Shafali held her nerves and stored motivating her crew to do smartly.
“Shafali led from the entrance. She injected self belief within the crew. She all the time mentioned, ‘chinta mat karo, hum jeetenge’ (Do not be disturbed, we will be able to win). She mentioned this ahead of each and every fit. Her phrases inspired us to do smartly,” Richa mentioned.
“Now we have received the International Cup identify. I haven’t any phrases for the reason that feeling of being a International Cup winner is but to sink in. It’s our first and I’m certain the longer term India groups will elevate at the profitable run,” she added.
India’s first fit within the International Cup is in opposition to Pakistan on February 12 on the Newlands in Cape The town.
Edited Via:
sabyasachi chowdhury
Revealed On:
Feb 3, 2023