Focus on Shafali as Board President's XI faces South Africa in warm-up T20

The 15-year-old Shafali was named in the Indian women’s team for the T20 series against South Africa following her good performance in the Women’s T20 challenge earlier and at the age-group level this year.

Shafali Verma, following her good performance in the Women’s T20 challenge earlier, would like to make optimum use of the warm-up game and get runs under her belt if she is given an opportunity in the playing XI.

Rookie Shafali Verma, who has been picked in India’s T20 squad, would be the cynosure of all eyes when the Board President’s XI takes on the South Africa women in a warm-up match on Friday.

The 15-year-old Shafali was named in the Indian women’s team for the T20 series against South Africa following her good performance in the Women’s T20 challenge earlier and at the age-group level this year.

The diminutive Haryana-girl would like to make optimum use of the warm-up game and get runs under her belt if she is given an opportunity in the playing XI.

The first warm-up game will be held on Friday at the Lalbhai Contractor stadium followed by the second match on Sunday.

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Apart from Shefali, pacers Mansi Joshi and Pooja Vastrakar have also been named in the T20 squad and a good outing on Friday would also boost the side's morale before the main tournament begins on Tuesday.

On the other hand, the South Africa women will also be aiming to start their Indian tour on a winning note. The side would be keen to use these games to assess the conditions and get acclimatized to the hot and humid weather.

All the T20s will be played in Surat while the ODIs will be played in Vadodara.