India, Nov. 3 -- Shafali Verma would always remain in the scheme of things. Shafali Verma wasn't picked for the World Cup. The former was a statement from Chief selector Neetu David. The latter, a fact.

Ask a celebrated prodigy, axed from a home World Cup, to seek meaning in one of the two. Verma did not make any public comments after being dropped, but you couldn't fault her if she might have struggled to see the glass half full.

It was good Verma wasn't stuck lounging on her sofa , watching her teammates experience a groundswell of support around the country. To her good fortune, the domestic senior T20 competition was in progress, where the Haryana powerhouse made the opposing bowlers bear the brunt. Those 341 runs, averaging 56 at a...