Navi Mumbai, 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 to her good fortune, the domestic senior T20 competition was in progress, where she made the opposing bowlers bear the brunt. Those 341 runs came in handy when she found herself centre stage Sunday. She top-scored for India with a career-best 87 and later registered bowling figures of 2/36.P15
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