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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.
Healy stumped leading Indian batter Mithali Raj from the bowling of Sthalekar and was not required to bat as Australia reached their target of 120 with seven wickets and seven balls to spare. [41] Australia elected to bat first in the final against New Zealand, but the top-order struggled and Healy came to the crease to join Elliott at 5/51 in ...
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.
She was named as Indian women's captain for the 2012 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup final, as captain Mithali Raj and vice-captain Jhulan Goswami were out because of injuries. She made her debut as captain against Pakistan women's as India defended 81 runs thus won Asia Cup. [21]
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]
[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.
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 ...
Smriti Mandhana (/ s m r ɪ. t iː ˈ m ɑː n. d ə n. ɑː / smri-tee MAHN-dən-ah; [1] born 18 July 1996) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the national team. [2] She plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Women's Premier League. [3]