new Delhi. Mithali Raj, the captain of the Indian women’s cricket ODI team, is celebrating her 38th birthday on 3 December 2020. Mithali Raj, who was the captain of the Indian team for a long time, will not be wrong if she is called Sachin Tendulkar of women’s cricket, because her figures are amazing. Such figures are also recorded in the name of the great Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar. One similarity between the two is that both of these Indian giants have shown their stamina in international cricket for more than two decades.
Right-handed batsman Mithali Raj was born on 3 December 1982 in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. She played her first international one-day match in June 1999 and since then she has been playing matches for the Indian cricket team continuously. At the age of 16 and a half, Mithali Raj made her international debut. Cricket used to be a curse for girls at that time. Leather ball was a stone ball especially for those girls, because they were not used to playing with that ball, but Mithali Raj chose it as her career. It is just like Sachin Tendulkar made his international debut in 1989 at about the same age.
Dance addict Mithali dances the bowlers
Mithali Raj was a dance addict, but she left no stone unturned to make the bowlers of the world dance to the tune of her bat. If they look at their figures after 21 years, then they are very surprised. It is not easy for a woman to play cricket for so long. Mithali Raj has done wonders while playing for the Indian women’s cricket team, which all the legendary male players have not been able to do. Playing on the 22-yard strip for more than two decades is no small matter. Only a cricketer can know the hard work behind each match.
Like Mithali Raj, who belongs to the Tamil family, has served the country in the cricket world. Similarly, his father has served the country by staying in the Air Force. In childhood, Mithali was very lazy and this was the reason for her playing cricket, because her father had inspired her enough to play cricket and in her childhood, she had delicate bat in her hands. At the age of just ten, he started playing cricket. From the age of ten, he started learning the cricket bars and then after about 6 years he got a chance to play for the country.
Mithali hit a century in debut ODI match
Mithali Raj has retired from T20 International Cricket, but is still playing ODI International Cricket. Milati had scored a century against Ireland in their first ODI. In his debut ODI match he scored an unbeaten 114, while his partner Reshma Gandhi also played a century. Since then, Mithali Raj has played more than 200 ODIs so far.
Mithali Raj is the first woman cricketer in the world to have played more than 200 ODIs for her country. Mithali Raj has scored 6888 runs in 189 innings of 209 matches at an average of 50.64, including seven centuries and 53 half-centuries. He has not played a single ODI match since November 2019. Even India has not participated in ODI cricket since last year. Mithali Raj’s half-century in women’s ODI international cricket is a world record in itself. So many half-centuries have not been won by any female player in ODI cricket.
These are the world records of Mithali Raj
Mithali Raj is the first woman cricketer in the world to have the distinction of playing international cricket for over 20 years. Apart from this, she became the first woman player in the world to play 200 ODI international matches. Mithali Raj’s name is also the first world record to score 2000 runs in T20 International cricket. Women’s record for most runs and half-centuries in ODI cricket is also named after Mithali Raj.
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