India's white-ball specialist finds redemption with record Test knock

"96 pe out ho kar kaun hi bhoolta hai yaar?"

Shafali Verma hadn't.

On her Test debut, three years ago in Bristol, Verma was India's teenaged T20I specialist taking the plunge. She would have been forgiven to do the most T20 things then. Like, seeking a glory shot to bring up the hundred and going hard at a lofted drive only to perish with a catch to mid-off. That would be the closest she'd get to an international hundred for the next three years, across formats. So, clearly, Verma had not forgotten the agony.

Cut to 2024, in only her fifth Test, Verma would have perhaps again been forgiven to stick to her T20 guns en route her