India, Sept. 26 -- Adversity can unearth latent skills in people. Ask Shafali Verma. Even at her lowest ebb, dropped from the 2025 home ODI World Cup, Shafali was manifesting how she would bowl in international cricket. Upskilling her batting, however, is second nature.

Shafali enjoys talking about her bowling more than her batting these days.

As the 22-year-old freak talent that she is, Shafali terms bowling "easy" compared to batting.

"I enjoy bowling more than my batting, I don't know why," she said in a media interaction, basking in the glow of winning India's first gold in the Asian Games. "With batting, it takes just one ball to get out. But with bowling you get a chance to come back. I feel bowling is easier. Not saying it to bo...