Mithali Raj hit the news headlines with her kickass reply to a journalist’s wrong question ahead of the ongoing Women’s World Cup. But that’s not the only thing to go wow about Mithali. The living legend & captain of women’s team has been playing for India for 18 years now and has much more achievements that one should know about. Have a look-
1. Mithali Raj made her International cricket debut in 1999 when she was around 17 years old. She made a century in her debut match itself and scored unbeaten 114 runs against Ireland.
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2. Mithali is the second highest scorer of all time in Women’s cricket ODI with 5898 runs in her kitty. She will become the top scorer once she beats the mark of 5,992 runs by Charlotte Edwards.
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3. In her whole career, Mithali has scored 5 centuries & 47 fifties in ODIs.
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4. Mithali has also scored ten fifties in T20I format which is the most by any Indian woman cricketer.
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5. Interestingly, Mithali has also the record of scoring most number of 90’s. Along with 5 centuries, she has been 5 times out around 90 runs which is the most by any female cricketer.
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6. Mithali was down with Typhoid during 2002 Women’s World Cup. She covered up the loss by making India win its first ever World Cup in 2005.
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7. Before entering the world of cricket, Mithali was a trained Bharatnatyam dancer and wanted to grow in that field.
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8. With 179 ODIs, she is the second most capped ODI women’s cricketer in the world after Charlotte Edwards (191) and also she has played most consecutive matches among all women cricketer.
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9. Mithali also created the record of scoring 5 back to back fifties recently.
10. In her third Test match, Mithali scored 214 runs and broke the previous best record of most runs in an innings of Karen Rolton (209 not out).
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11. In 2003, she was awarded the prestigious Arjuna Award by Government of India.
12. In 2015, she became the first female cricketer to win the Wisden India Cricketer of the Year award. She was also honoured by India’s fourth highest civilian award, Padma Shri.
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13. Mithali’s father, Dorai Raj was an officer in Indian Air Force.
14. Mithali is fond of reading books. Before walking out to bat against England, she read a book by Jalaluddin Rumi on life essentials.
We are proud of you Mithali! Keep on going.