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The Indian team has won the 2025 Women’s ODI World Cup. Team India won the World Cup title for the first time. In the final, Harmanpreet Kaur’s team India defeated South Africa by 52 runs. Shefal Verma played the most important role in this victory of India. Shefali performed brilliantly with both bat and ball in the title match. But do you know that Shefali Verma was not a part of Team India in this World Cup. She was neither in the World Cup squad nor among the reserve players.
Yes, Shefali Verma, who performed brilliantly in the final, was not included in the first World Cup squad. The selectors dropped him from the team due to lack of consistency in his performance. Even in the list of reserve players, Shefali did not get a place.
Got a place in the team as a replacement for Pratika Raval
Shefali Verma’s luck brightened when Pratika Rawal got injured. Pratika Rawal got injured while fielding in the match against Bangladesh. His leg was twisted. For this reason, she was dropped from the knockout matches of the World Cup and Shefali Verma was included in the team as her replacement. In this way, Shefali Verma returned to the Indian ODI team after more than a year. Earlier in the semi-finals, Shefali was out after scoring only 10 runs, but in the finals she stole the show.
India alone won the World Cup title
In the final match, Shefali Verma played a stormy innings of 87 runs in just 78 balls with the bat. During this, 7 fours and 2 sixes came from his bat. After this he took two wickets in bowling. Shefali first dismissed Sune Luus and then sent Marijane Kapp to the pavilion. Due to this explosive performance of Shefali, she got the title of Player of the Match.