Smriti Mandhana was unwell and hence didn't feature in the first ODI against Australia at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday, December 28.
Top-ranked English batter Natalie Sciver-Brunt scored 77 runs in 53 balls and the experienced opener Danni Wyatt added 75 runs to help England record 197 runs in the first match, the biggest T20I total against India by the Three Lionesses.
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Shafali, who has played 51 T20Is, 21 ODIs and two Test matches for the senior team at the international level, looked in excellent touch as she hammered the South African bowlers in the opening game of the tournament.
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Player-of-the-match Shafali, who also had career-best bowling figures of 2/10, showed her match-winning prowess with an attractive 55 off 44 balls.
Mithali, who recently announced her retirement from international cricket, is amazed at the kind of "raw power" that Verma generates in her shots.
Verma was dismissed for a duck in the opening game against Pakistan that Indian won and hasn't exactly done well for the past few games.
All the matches will be held in Vijayawada in the four-team tournament which will conclude on December 9.
Young opener Shafali struck 57 off 50 balls with six hits to the fence in Sixers' successful run chase against Hobart Hurricane, who made 125 for nine.
Chasing 100 runs to win in 11 overs in the rain-hit match, the 17-year-old right-handed opener fell for 8 (10 balls, 1 four) in the fourth over.
Shafali could score only 8 runs in the first ODI, which the visitors lost by nine wickets against Australia on Tuesday.
The 17-year-old Rohtak-born Shafali, scored a total of 159 (96 and 63) runs on her Test debut against England earlier this year and was the 'Player-of-the-match'.
Verma is holding onto her top rank with 759 ranking points, ahead of Australian Beth Mooney (744) and India T20 vice-captain Smriti Mandhana (716).
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