Sushma Verma (born 5 November 1992) is an Indian cricketer. She started her national-level career as a

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. After the

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offered her a post of Deputy Superintendent of Police.

Early life

Sushma Verma born on 3 November 1992 in Shimla, Himachal Prasdesh. Her father “''Bhopal Singh Verma''” wanted her to stay back close to home. But Sushma's choice was to go to “''Portmore Govt Model''” school in Shimla. From flirting with multiple sports – volleyball, handball, and badminton. she has been a state level player at these games but cricket somehow found its way to load Shusma. (official website)

Domestic cricket

Before that, she played for the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association. Under her captaincy, the Himachal team were the runners-up at the Under-19 All-India women's tournament in 2011. She is the first cricketer from

, male or female, to represent India in international cricket. Owing to fewer opportunities in domestic, she started playing for Railways. She played along with Mithali Raj, Harmanpreet Kaur and Punam Raut.

International cricket

Verma was part of the Indian team to reach the

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of the

where the team lost to

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by nine runs.World Cup Final
BBC Sport, 23 July 2017.England v India: Women's World Cup final – live!
''The Guardian'', 23 July 2017.

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