23 Facts About Mithali Raj

1. Mithali Raj is the captain of the Indian Women's cricket team.

2. Mithali Raj made her T20 debut on 5 August 2006 against England, scoring a 28 off 37 balls.

3. Mithali Raj is a professional Indian cricketer, born on 3 December 1982 in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.

4. Mithali Raj was awarded the prestigious Arjuna Award for her outstanding achievement in sports by the Government of India in 2003.

5. Mithali Raj made her International cricket debut in 1999 when she was around 17 years old.

6. Mithali Raj is an Indian well-known cricketer and she is known as Lady Sachin.

7. Mithali Raj received the Arjuna award in 2003 and in 2015 she was chosen over Virat Kohli for Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award by Government of India.

8. Mithali Raj was honored by Indian Government with prestigious Arjunas award in 2003 and Padma Shri Award in 2015.

9. Mithali Raj already has 7 fifties in the shortest format of the game.

10. Mithali Raj was born in Jodhpur on December 3, 1982, and is the daughter of an Air Force officer.

11. Mithali Raj stunned all the Indians with her half century earlier today as she added one more record to her kitty.

12. Mithali Raj has celebrated the total number of 35 birthdays till date.

13. Mithali Raj is single and currently lives in Hyderabad, Telangana.

14. Mithali Raj was born in Jodhpur, Rajasthan on December 3, 1982 to a Tamil family.

15. Mithali Raj asks Tamil Nadu government to release funds for rehabilitation.

16. Mithali Raj had scored two fifties in the previous matches of this World T20 tournament.

17. Mithali Raj played two innings in the World T20 and made two fifties.

18. Mithali Raj dropped as India opt to bat against England.

19. Mithali Raj has been an integral part of the Indian set-up for several years and even scored an unbeaten century—105 off 61 balls—in a T20 against Australia A at home just before departing for the World T20.

20. Mithali Raj is the first player to captain most matches for India in ODI and T20I.

21. Mithali Raj has played both Test and One Day International cricket for India's women's cricket team.

22. Mithali Raj was born in Jodhpur, Rajasthan on 3 December 1982 to a Tamil family.

23. Mithali Raj is the only player to have captained India in more than one ICC ODI World Cup final, doing so twice in 2005 and 2017.