Shafali Verma feels the need for the Indian Women's team to make winning a habit

Overview

• After winning the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025, Shafali Verma felt the need for the Indian Women's team to make winning a habit
• The Indian opener noted how the Delhi Capitals players like herself, Jemimah Rodrigues, Radha Yadav, and Arundhati Reddy felt the need to win
• She noted that losing three consecutive finals in the WPL needed to be converted into a win by playing for India

After winning the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025, Shafali Verma felt the need for the Indian Women's team to make winning a habit. The Indian opener noted how the Delhi Capitals players like herself, Jemimah Rodrigues, Radha Yadav, and Arundhati Reddy felt the need to win.

Shafali noted that losing three consecutive finals in the WPL needed to be converted into a win by playing for India. Coming into the Knockouts of the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025 following Pratika Rawal's injury, Verma won the Player of the Match Award in the final by scoring 87 runs and claiming 2 wickets.

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"This is just the beginning. We have to make this a habit. In the World Cup final, Radha (Yadav), Arundhati (Reddy), Jemi (Jemimah), and I were present from the Delhi Capitals side, and we were talking about how we were able to at least win one final, because we lost the WPL final in the last three years," Shafali said in an interview with Reuters.

"I was working a lot on my mental health," - Shafali Verma

Verma revealed that she had been working on her mental health after getting dropped from the ODI side. Shafali added the need to do well in Tests, although she regarded T20 to be a format close to her playing style.

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"For the last year, when I was not with the ODI team, I was working a lot on my mental health. T20 is close to me, but a player stands out when they do well in test cricket. So, I would really want to better my records in the red-ball format," Verma added in her statement.