India vs England: 17-Year-Old Shafali Varma Smashes 26-Year-Old Record On Test Debut

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17-year-old Shafali Verma created history on Day 2 of the one-off Test between India and England being played in Bristol. The young cricketer broke the 26-year-old record to become the highest run-scorer Indian woman cricketer in a Test debut match. The teenager has broken Chandrakanta Kaul's (75 runs, 1995) record. Photo Courtesy: @WomensCricZone / Twitter

Shafali Verma, who hit only the second six by an Indian woman in Test cricket, also became the first Indian women cricketer to hit a six on Test debut. Photo Courtesy: @ICC / Twitter

On the last ball of the 49th over, England's Kate Cross got Varma caught out. Shefali and Smriti Mandhana shared a solid 167-run partnership for the first wicket. Mandhana played a brilliant innings of 78 runs off 155 balls with help of 14 fours. Photo: AP

The 167-run partnership for the first wicket between Shefali and Mandhana is the highest opening partnership for Indian women in Test cricket. Earlier in 1984 against Australia, Gargi Banerjee and Sandhya Agarwal had stitched a partnership of 153 runs for the first wicket. Photo Courtesy: PTI

In the only Test being played in Bristol, England declared their first innings score of 396 runs, the highest score by any team in Test cricket against India. Photo: PTI

In reply, India lost five wickets for 187 runs at Stumps on Day 2. Deepti Sharma (0) and Harmanpreet Kaur (4) remain unbeaten at the crease. India is still behind England by 209 runs. Photo: PTI