1. Mithali Raj was born on 3 December 1982 and is an Indian former cricketer who captained the national team from 2004 to 2022.
32 Facts About Mithali Raj
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Mithali Raj is the highest run-scorer in women's international cricket, and ESPN ranked her as one of the greatest female cricketers of all time.
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Mithali Raj is the only female cricketer to surpass 7,000 runs in Women's One Day International matches.
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Mithali Raj is the first player to score seven consecutive 50s in ODIs.
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Mithali Raj holds the record for most half-centuries in WODIs.
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Mithali Raj is the only female player to have captained India in more than one ICC ODI World Cup final, doing so in the 2005 and the 2017.
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Mithali Raj became the first female cricketer to reach 2000 WT20I runs.
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On 1 February 2019, during India's series against New Zealand Women, Mithali Raj became the first woman to play in 200 ODI matches.
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In July 2021, Mithali Raj broke Charlotte Edwards's record of 10,273 runs to become the player with the most runs in women's international cricket.
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On 8 June 2022, Mithali Raj announced her retirement from all formats of international cricket.
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Mithali Raj was born on 3 December 1982, in Jodhpur, Rajasthan to a Tamil speaking family.
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Mithali Raj's mother is Leela Raj, and her father, Dorai Raj, was a warrant officer in the Indian Air Force.
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Mithali Raj graduated from Keyes High School for Girls in Hyderabad, and Kasturba Gandhi Junior College for Women in Secunderabad.
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Mithali Raj received cricket coaching in elementary school alongside her older brother.
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Mithali Raj played for Air India alongside Purnima Rau, Anjum Chopra, and Anju Jain, before joining Railways for the domestic championship.
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Mithali Raj has played for the Supernovas and Velocity in the Women's T20 Challenge.
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Mithali Raj has played all three of India's cricket formats: Test, ODI, and T20.
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Mithali Raj was named among the probables for the 1997 Women's Cricket World Cup when she was fourteen, but she did not make it to the final squad.
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Mithali Raj made her ODI debut in 1999 against Ireland at Milton Keynes, UK, and scored an unbeaten 114 runs.
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In South Africa in 2005, Mithali Raj led India to their first finals in 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup, where they lost to Australia.
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At the 2013 Women's World Cup, Mithali Raj was the number 1 woman ODI cricketer.
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Mithali Raj is the first player to captain the most matches for India in ODI and T20I.
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Mithali Raj led the Indian team to the final of the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup where the team lost to England by nine runs.
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Mithali Raj retired from T20I cricket in September 2019, saying in a BCCI press statement: "After representing India in T20 internationals since 2006, I wish to retire from T20Is to focus my energies on readying myself for the 2021 one-day World Cup".
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In November 2020, Mithali Raj was nominated for the Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Award for ICC Female Cricketer of the Decade, and the award for women's ODI cricketer of the decade.
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On 8 June 2022, Mithali Raj announced her retirement from all formats of International cricket.
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Mithali Raj was the batting consultant for India women's national cricket team, and has played as a player-coach.
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Mithali Raj was involved in controversy with cricket management because of her attitude towards the game during the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20.
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Powar, in turn, criticized Mithali Raj for threatening to retire from cricket when asked to play down the batting order.
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Mithali Raj further accused Raj of "blackmailing and pressuring coaches" and causing division in the team during the recently concluded World T20.
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Mithali Raj ignored her role and batted for own milestones.
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Mithali Raj said, "Hoping that this movie inspires more people, especially young girls to take up sports as a career".