Excluded from India’s World Cup squad, Shafali Verma produced a 38-ball 35 before India Women’s ‘A’ slipped to 93 for five against Australia on the rain-truncated first day of their unofficial Test despite, here on Thursday.

Shafali provided a brisk start hitting eight fours. Her knock was critical since India had lost a couple of early wickets after being asked to bat first.

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