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World Cup hero Shefali Verma gets new responsibility, will captain in this tournament

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News India Live, Digital Desk: Recently, explosive batsman Shefali Verma, who played an important role in the Indian women’s cricket team winning the World Cup, has been given a new responsibility. She has been appointed captain of the North Zone team for the Senior Women’s Inter-Zonal T20 Trophy. This tournament will be played in Nagaland from November 4 to November 14.

Got rewarded for excellent performance in the finals

21-year-old Shefali Verma performed brilliantly against South Africa in the World Cup final, playing a stormy innings of 87 runs and also took two important wickets in bowling. For his all-round performance he was chosen ‘Player of the Final’. Shefali, who joined the team in the semi-finals in place of injured Pratika Raval, proved her ability and now she has been given this big responsibility in domestic cricket.

6 teams will participate in the tournament

A total of six teams are participating in this T20 Trophy organized by BCCI, which includes North Zone, Central Zone, East Zone, West Zone, South Zone and North-East Zone. The zonal selection committees of BCCI have selected their respective teams.

The North Zone team is as follows:

  • Captain: Shefali Verma
  • vice captain: Shweta Sehrawat
  • Other players: Dia Yadav, Ayushi Soni, Tania Bhatia (wicketkeeper), SM Singh, Bharti Rawal, Bawandeep Kaur, Mannat Kashyap, Amandeep Kaur, Komalpreet Kaur, Ananya Sharma, Soni Yadav, Najma, Nandini.

Under the captaincy of Shefali, the North Zone team is expected to perform strongly in this tournament. His aggressive batting and captaincy can prove beneficial for the team.

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