Experienced pacer Shikha Pandey on Monday said the Indian team management has given Shafali Verma the license to play fearless cricket as the teen sensation produced another explosive innings to set up a comfortable win over Bangladesh in the women's T20 World Cup here. Verma, 16, smashed a 17-ball 39, including four sixes, to steer India to 142 to six before her bowling colleagues restricted Bangladesh to 124 for 8 in their 20 overs to win the match by 18 runs.

While Verma was the star of the show, Jemimah Rodrigues, 19, also impressed with a measured 34 from 37, and Pandey is confident the world will be seeing more of the same from the exciting young pair in Australia. "We have not asked her [Verma] to change anything. She has been given free licence to play her fearless brand of cricket," Pandey said.