The Hundred: Shafali Verma prone to exchange Sophie Devine at Birmingham Pheonix

17-year-old Shafali Verma is prone to play for the Birmingham Pheonix within the inaugural version of The Hundred and for Sydney Sixers within the girls’s Big Bash League T20. Shafali Verma has performed 22 T20Is for India and amassed 617 runs at a median of 29.38 with 3 fifties (BCCI Photo)HIGHLIGHTSShafali Verma has solely performed 22 T20Is for India since making her debut in 2019Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues and Deepti Sharma can even play in The HundredThe Hundred will likely be Verma’s first abroad home outing if she indicators for the Birmingham PheonixTeenage sensation Shafali Verma is about to develop into the fifth Indian feminine cricketer to function within the inaugural version of The Hundred in England later this yr. Verma goes to switch New Zealand’s Sophie Devine within the Birmingham Pheonix workforce, in keeping with experiences.Verma will be a part of the likes of Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues and Deepti Sharma within the 8-team event from July 21. Harmanpreet, Mandhana, Deepti and Jemimah Rodrigues took half within the now-defunct Kia Super League (KSL) in 2019, the England cricket board’s home T20 event that made approach for The Hundred.The Hundred, which was postponed final yr because of the Covid-19 pandemic, will kick off with the ladies’s match between the Oval Invincibles and Manchester Originals in London earlier than their respective males’s sides meet the next day.“Shafali was approached by Birmingham franchise and the deal is about to be closed. She will be replacing New Zealand’s Sophie Devine in the team. She is also in talks with the Sydney franchise to play in the women’s Big Bash,” a BCCI supply instructed PTI.Verma, the 17-year-old from Rohtak, will make her the fourth Indian to play within the girls’s Big Bash League T20 event in Australia after Harmanpreet (Sydney Thunder), Mandhana (Brisbane Heat) and Veda Krishnamurthy (Hobart Hurricanes) if she indicators for the Sydney Sixers.Shafali Verma is the top-ranked T20 worldwide gamers in girls’s cricket. She has performed 22 T20Is for India and amassed 617 runs at a median of 29.38 with 3 half-centuries.Click right here for IndiaIn the present day.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.