That is only the start, says Shafali Verma after U-19 WC triumph

India Ladies U-19 captain Shafali Verma celebrates after the workforce wins the U19 T20 World Cup remaining in opposition to England Ladies at Senwes Park in Potchefstroom on Sunday.
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Not content material with the U-19 T20 World Cup triumph, batting sensation Shafali Verma has already set her sights on replicating the success with the senior ladies’s workforce in lower than two weeks’ time.

She’s going to get her probability when the Ladies’s T20 World Cup will get underway from February 10 in South Africa, the identical nation the place the nation simply received the inaugural U-19 world match.

Shafali, 19, has already established herself in India’s senior aspect and desires to make the go to to South Africa much more memorable with one other silverware.

“No, the big one also,” Shafali mentioned when requested if the U-19 trophy was the one one she hoped to take again from South Africa.

“I am someone who focuses on task at hand. When I entered the Under-19s, I only focused on winning the Under-19 Cup and we have won that today (Sunday).

“I’ll look to take this successful confidence with me and win the senior World Cup. I’ll try to neglect this and become involved with the senior setup and gel with the workforce and win the World Cup,” she was quoted as saying by the ICC.

India on Sunday won their maiden ICC title in women’s cricket as a bunch of supremely talented teenagers lifted the inaugural U-19 World Cup with a seven-wicket victory over England.

The Shafali-led India squad managed to do what their seniors could not by clearing the final hurdle in a global event.

India first bundled out England for 68 in 17.1 overs and then returned to knock off the paltry target in 14 overs to lift the coveted trophy.

Shafali was part of India’s squad that fell at the final hurdle at the 2020 T20 World Cup, when Australia defeated the side by 85 runs in front of more than 85,000 fans at the MCG.

She said she still feels the pain from the loss.

“Melbourne was a really emotional day for me in that remaining recreation, we did not win the sport,” Shafali recalled.

“After I joined the Underneath-19 workforce, I am simply pondering, ‘you realize, we’ve to win this Cup.’ I am simply telling all the ladies, ‘We have now to win this Cup, we’re right here for the Cup.’ “We had lost the World Cup and it was tears of sadness. Today, they were tears of happiness because we achieved what we came here for.

“I attempted controlling it however it could not occur. I’ll have a look at this as an enormous achievement and look to make use of this to study one thing extra. I’ll attempt to rating extra runs for India and am not going to be glad with this Cup. That is only the start.”