Shefali Verma’s father suffered a heart attack, had hidden the news of being out of the Indian team

Last Updated:January 17, 2025, 10:18 PM IST

The graph of Indian women’s team’s star opener Shefali Verma seems to be falling for the last few months. Recently he was dropped from Team India due to poor performance. Along with this, his father also suffered a heart attack.

Double blow to Shefali Verma

New Delhi. Indian women’s team’s explosive batsman Shefali Verma is currently in excellent form in domestic cricket and is scoring a lot of runs. However, this was not the case some time ago. His form was very bad. Shefali was going through very bad form. He was dropped from the team from the ODI series against West Indies. At one time, Shefali was disappointed after being dropped from the team, while on the other hand, her father was on the hospital bed.

Talking to Indian Express, Shefali said, ‘It was not easy to get out of that thing. I did not want to tell my father because my father had suffered a heart attack two days before the announcement of the team. I kept the matter hidden from him. He was in the hospital. I told him after a week. When Shefali’s father came to know that Shefali had been dropped from the team, he immediately started preparations for her return. Let us tell you that her father Sanjeev is also Shefali’s coach.

Shefali said, ‘Father knows everything, sometimes as children we also forget our strength but he does not forget. He reminded me of my childhood workouts and exercises and helped me do the same.

Shefali further said, ‘During this period, I have continuously worked in such a place where the balls do not come according to my strength, how do I take singles, how do I rotate the strike, how do I structure my innings – this is the last thing. On which I keep working continuously.”