Shefali Verma creates history, becomes first Indian woman cricketer to score fifty at Asian Games

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Asian Games 2023: The Indian women's cricket team has reached the semi-finals of the Asian Games 2023. The match played between India and Malaysia was canceled due to rain. Batting first, the Indian team scored 173 runs at the loss of 2 wickets. In response, the Malaysian team could only play 2 balls. Shefali Verma created history while batting for India. She became the first Indian player to score a fifty in the Asian Games.

First woman player to score fifty in Asian Games

Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma came on to open the Indian innings. Smriti was dismissed for 27 runs in the 16th over. While Shefali scored 67 runs in 39 balls. Meanwhile, Shefali hit 4 fours and 5 sixes. Shefali became the first woman player to score a fifty in the Asian Games for India.

The semi-final will be played on September 24

Jemima Rodrigues remained unbeaten on 47 runs for India. He hit 6 fours in 29 balls. While Richa Ghosh scored 21 runs in 7 balls and remained unbeaten. Richa also hit 3 fours and 1 six during this. Chasing the target, the Malaysian team could only play 2 balls. The match was then canceled due to rain. The Indian team has qualified for the semi-finals. Now the semi-final will be played on 24 September and the final will be played on 25 September.