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Mithali Raj (born 3 December 1982) is an Indian former cricketer who captained the national team from 2004 to 2022. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] She is the highest run-scorer in women's international cricket, and ESPN ranked her as one of the greatest female cricketers of all time.
Coaches like Apurva Sharma and Suman Sharma also played a significant role in moulding her as a cricketer. She considered Mithali Raj as a role model when she was a child. Significantly, when Veda was 12, Mithali was felicitated at her school. [4] Veda later went on to play with Mithali in both domestic and national teams. [13]
Shabaash Mithu is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language biographical sports drama film directed by Srijit Mukherji and produced by Viacom18 Studios.The film was based on the life of former Test and ODI captain of the India women's national cricket team, Mithali Raj, stars Taapsee Pannu in the title role.
[66] [67] She scored 30 half centuries, the most in women's T20Is surpassing Suzie Bates (28) and scored 8 half centuries in 2024, the most by an Indian, surpassing Mithali Raj (7) in 2018. [68] [69] She became the second Indian batter to score fifty plus runs in three or more consecutive women's T20Is (3) after Mithali Raj (4 between 2016 and ...
Mithali Raj captained India in the first WT20I on 5 August 2006 against England at Derby. [16] Krishnamachari Srikkanth was the captain for the first youth test for India U-19 team against Pakistan U-19 which began on 20 January 1979 at Wankhede Stadium in Bombay while Ravi Shastri captained India U-19 in the first youth ODI in 1981 against ...
[1] [8] Mithali Raj, who later captained her in both domestic and international matches, first watched her playing in a domestic match between Haryana and Railways, during which Verma scored a half century. In mid 2024, Raj told Lavanya Lakshmi Narayanan, writing for Sportstar: "She was a bit one-dimensional back then.
Jemimah Rodrigues (/ dʒ ɛ ˈ m iː. m ə r ɒ ˈ d r iː ɡ z / je-MEE-mə rod-REEKS; born 5 September 2000) is an Indian cricketer. [1] She is an all-rounder who plays for the India women's national cricket team.
Mithali Raj, Cricket - Conferred with Arjuna Award; Neelam Jaswant Singh, Track and field - Conferred with Arjuna Award; Neetu Chandra, Taekwondo - First Indian actress to compete in two international games; Neha Aggarwal, Table tennis; Nisha Millet, Swimming - Conferred with Arjuna Award; Prashanti Singh, Basketball - Conferred with Padma Shri ...