IND W vs ENG W: R Sridhar praises Shafali Verma after Bristol heroics, finds shades of Virender Sehwag

Indian men’s fielding coach R Sridhar lauded batting sensation, Shafali Verma, for her impressive twin half-centuries on Test debut against England.

Indian men’s fielding coach R Sridhar heaped rich praise on the 17-year-old opener, Shafali Verma, saying the young batting session reminds of former opener Virender Sehwag. Shafali has taken the cricket fraternity by storm with her twin half-centuries on Test debut against England in the one-off Test in Bristol. Sridhar further revealed that the whole Indian team whenever they had time off from training have been glued to the Test match and mighty impressed by the Haryana teenager’s pyrotechnics. “Shafali, so much reminds us of Viru (Virender Sehwag), doesn’t she? The way she plays and her mindset is so clear, so we are enjoying the innings from Shafali. I wish she had got a hundred in the first innings,” Sridhar said at the virtual press conference after the first day of the World Test Championship final against New Zealand was called off due to rain.