Star opener Shafali Verma delivered a brilliant all-round performance for India in their ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 Group A match against the Netherlands at Headingley, Leeds, on Wednesday (June 17).
The 22-year-old cricketer from Rohtak, Haryana, opened the batting alongside vice-captain Smriti Mandhana and scored 55 runs off 38 balls. During her knock, she struck 10 fours and shared a 115-run opening partnership with Mandhana, who made 74 off 47 deliveries.
After shining with the bat in the first innings, Shafali made an impact with the ball as well, claiming three wickets for 20 runs in 3.2 overs.
She picked up her first wicket by breaching the defence of Sterre Kalis on the second ball of the 12th over. Shafali then struck twice in three
deliveries during her fourth over, which was also the 18th over of the Netherlands’ run chase.
Shafali Verma’s wicket vs Netherlands in Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 match on June 17, 2026
| BATTER DISMISSED | MODE OF DISMISSAL | FIELDER INVOLVED | RUNS SCORED BY BATTER | FALL OF WICKET | OVER NUMBER |
| Sterre Kalis | Bowled | – | 18 (13 balls) | 77/3 | 11.2 |
| Silver Siegers | Stumped | Richa Ghosh | 1 (2 balls) | 114/9 | 17.1 |
| Isabel van der Woning | Caught | Jemimah Rodrigues | 0 (2 balls) | 114/10 | 17.3 |
Her outstanding all-round display helped her enter the record books. Shafali became the first Indian player to score a half-century and take at least three wickets in a Women’s T20 World Cup match.
Overall, she is only the third player in Women’s T20 World Cup history to achieve the feat, after Hayley Matthews and Sune Luus.
Players to score 50 and take 3 wickets in Women’s T20 World Cup match
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | RUNS SCORED | BALLS FACED | 4/6s | OVERS BOWLED | BOWLING FIGURES | AGAINST | VENUE | DATE |
| Hayley Matthews | West Indies | 62 | 36 | 8/2 | 3.0 | 16/3 | Sri Lanka | Gros Islet | November 16, 2018 |
| Sune Luus | South Africa | 61 | 41 | 5/2 | 4.0 | 15/3 | Thailand | Canberra | February 28, 2020 |
| Shafali Verma | India | 55 | 38 | 10/0 | 3.2 | 20/3 | Netherlands | Leeds | June 17, 2026 |
Shafali is also just the second Indian player after Anuja Patil to score a fifty and take three wickets in the same women’s T20I match.
Indian to score 50 runs and take 3 wickets in women’s T20I match
| PLAYER | RUNS SCORED | BALLS FACED | 4/6s | OVERS BOWLED | BOWLING FIGURES | AGAINST | VENUE | DATE |
| Anuja Patil | 54 | 42 | 7/0 | 4.0 | 36/3 | Sri Lanka | Colombo (CCC) | September 24, 2018 |
| Shafali Verma | 55 | 38 | 10/0 | 3.2 | 20/3 | Netherlands | Leeds | June 17, 2026 |
Notably, her knock against the Netherlands was her maiden half-century in the Women’s T20 World Cup.
