During the ongoing Asia Cup, Shafali Verma created history in women's cricket. She became the youngest cricketer to score 1000 T20 International runs!
Shafali achieved this feat against Bangladesh in the 2022 Women's Asia Cup. In this match, he played an innings of 55 runs in 44 balls.
Shafali Verma completed 1000 T20 runs at the age of 18 years 253 days. With this, there is a new world record to her name.
Shafali broke the record of her India teammate Jemimah Rodrigues. The top-order batter completed 1000 T20I runs at the age of 21 years 32 days.
Gaby Lewis of Ireland comes at number three on this list. Gaby crossed the 1000 T20 International runs mark at the age of 21 years 68 days.
Shafali is also the fifth Indian woman cricketer to have scored 1000 runs in T20I cricket. Through this, she has joined another elite list.
Before Shafali, Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Mithali Raj and Jemimah have scored 1000 T20I runs.
So far in her career, Shafali has scored 1036 T20 International runs in 43 innings with four half-centuries to her name. Her highest score is 73 runs.
Former captain Mithali Raj has scored 1000 T20I runs the fastest for India. She achieved this feat in just 40 innings.