India opener Shafali Verma said the team’s batting unit will have to assess its shortcomings on turners despite opening with a facile 94-run victory in the Women’s Asia Cup opener in Dubai. Shafali smashed 64 off 36 balls, including eight fours and three sixes, to provide India with a flying start. But after reaching 91 for one, India slumped to 127 for six before eventually crawling to 159 for nine in 20 overs. Thailand paid for their inexperience and were all out for 65.
Shafali, who had played in the UAE during the 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup, said her previous experience of the conditions helped her prepare for the Asia Cup.
Back home, I was just preparing for this track and all,” she said. “We will just go back and see where we are going wrong as a batting unit and where we can improve. “Two years back we came here for the World Cup, so I know the conditions and I am prepared. “As a team, we are so happy with the way women’s cricket is growing and the way they are improving. Hats off to them. I would say to them, just keep working hard. We are all so happy just seeing the improvement in women’s cricket.”
Today’s game is done and we did really well, and whenever we go to our room, we are just thinking about what we can improve and what we can give more to the team,” Shafali said in the post-match press conference.
