Chandigarh, Nov. 16 -- Member of the ICC women cricket world cup winning team Shafali Verma was on November 12 awarded by Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini with Rs.1.50 crore and a Grade-A gradation certificate for her outstanding performance. Verma who comes from Rohtak was adjudged the player of the match in the world cup final against South Africa for scoring 87 of 78 balls.

However, the India opener will find it hard to get a Class-I or a Group A government job on the basis of the Grade-A gradation certificate awarded to her by the chief minister. A sports gradation certificate makes sports persons eligible for group A, B, C and D government jobs and the awardees of the certificates get horizontal reservation in government job...