The fairytale protagonist of India’s win in the Women’s World Cup 2025, Shafali Verma, is the only Indian nominated for the International Cricket Council (ICC)’s Player of the Month award for November.

Not many women’s internationals took place in November, the immediate month after the World Cup. But Shafali was the Player of the Match in the one that mattered the most — the India-South Africa final at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. She not only top-scored for the winners with a rollicking 87 at the top of the order but also turned the game around in the second innings with two wickets with her part-time spin.

All that despite not being in the squad originally. She was a late injury replacement for Pratika Rawal and only played in the semi-final and the final.

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