Ahead of the big finals between Australia and India, Danielle Wyatt opened up about watching Shafali Verma for the first time. Both the players played for Velocity in the Women’s T20 Challenge.
Even before the session, she’d go to the nets for extra practice against our quickest male bowlers, recalled Wyatt. She’d bat for about an hour and then She’d say ‘yeah, come bowl’ and go ‘bang, bang. And I went ‘who’s that?’
She had an extra 20 minutes to do some drills after. I couldn’t believe she was 15 when someone told me. She knew exactly what she wanted to get out of that session. At aged 15, that’s pretty smart,” she said.
Talking about how to get rid of her early in the final, It’s obvious what her weaknesses are and Shafali knows what they are. The Aussies have tried to bowl to those areas in the past. You’ve got to play a few mind games with her and hope she spoons one up,” said Wyatt.
