Mithali Dorai Raj (born 3 December 1982) is an Indian cricketer and Test, ODI Captain of women’s national cricket team. She is the first player to score seven consecutive 50s in ODIs.
Born: 3 December 1982 (age 38); Jodhpur, Ra..
Last ODI: 6 November 2019 v West Indies
National side: India (1999–2019)
Last Test: 16 November 2014 v South Africa.
Why is Mithali Raj famous?
She is the highest run-scorer in women’s international cricket and the only female cricketer to surpass the 7,000 run mark in Women’s One Day International matches. She is the first player to score seven consecutive 50s in ODIs. Raj also holds the record for most half-centuries in WODIs.
ODI debut (cap 56): 26 June 1999 v Ireland
Last ODI: 6 November 2019 v West Indies
Test debut (cap 56): 14 January 2002 v England
T20I debut (cap 9): 5 August 2006 v England
Last Test: 16 November 2014 v South Africa
What is the achievement of Mithali Raj?
Mithali Raj/Awards
Who is the woman captain of Indian cricket team?
India women’s national cricket team/Captains
What is the salary of Mithali Raj?
50 lakh per year
50 lakh per year) Last year, there were 4 players in this list. Mithali Raj has been demoted to grade B. The other three players are the same.
Did Mithali Raj get married?
Mithali Raj is an inspirational figure for all the youngsters across the country, who want to become a cricketer. Because over the years, she has proved her excellence time and again. However, in terms of her personal life, the cricketer is happily single and had revealed it in a throwback interview.
What are Mithali Raj hobbies?
Mithali, who is now the second most capped player in women’s ODIs with 183 matches, was a passionate Bharatnatyam dancer as a young girl. But, later, chose cricket over dance. She is just 8 matches behind Charlotte Edwards of England (191) to become the most capped ODI player in women’s cricket.
Mithali raj early stage struggle
Very few people know what the women’s team skipper Mithali had gone through during her early struggling days. On Saturday, Raj herself recalled those horror days as she used to travel in an unreserved train from Hyderabad to Delhi.
“There were a lot of struggles in my journey. Now we are under the BCCI, but that time (when women cricketers were not under the board), the normal basic facility which a sports person gets to play even (we did not get). As an India cricketer, I have travelled unreserved from Hyderabad to Delhi by train, as an India player,” Mithali was quoted by PTI as saying at a session of ‘We The Women’ initiative.
“He [Rahul Dravid] said he has never travelled by train as an India player, but I did. But those difficulties make us strong. As women we face so many challenges at an early stage, that when we mature and take up the challenges, we become so strong mentally, that we can do so many things, that we ourselves don’t believe that we are capable of,” she further added.
Being a woman Mithali had to cope up with the society as well as her grandparents were not comfortable when she took up sports.
“Because I am from South India, my grandparents were not comfortable that I was playing a sport (cricket). My parents had to bear a lot, but they have cocooned my life in such a way, that I did not have to deal with the negativity,” the 35-year-old captain said.
During the momentous occasion, Mithali presented a ‘HER’ award to Iqra Rasool, a budding cricketer from Jammu and Kashmir, who wants to chase her dream of becoming a fast bowler and is now training in Bengal.
What is the game of Mithali Raj?
cricket team
Mithali Dorai Raj (born 3 December 1982) is an Indian cricketer and Test, ODI Captain of women’s national cricket team. She is a right-handed opening batter and occasional right-arm leg break bowler.
Did Mithali Raj retire?
India’s ODI skipper Mithali Raj confirmed she had no immediate plans of retirement and is focussed on winning the World Cup next year to complete some unfinished business. India has been close to winning the ODI World Cup twice but the team could not lift the trophy after reaching the final in 2005 and 2017.
What is the best career of Mithali Raj?
She is the highest run-scorer in women’s international cricket and the only female cricketer to surpass the 7,000 run mark in Women’s One Day International matches. She is the first player to score seven consecutive 50s in ODIs. Raj also holds the record for most half-centuries in WODIs.
What is the difference between Test and ODI?
A Test match typically consists of two innings per team, where an inning concludes if the batting team loses all 10 wickets (all out) or team captain declares to close the inning. An ODI match consists of one innings per team and an inning concludes if the batting team is all out or exhausts the 50 overs of play.
What is the full form of ODI?
A One Day International (ODI) is a form of limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of overs, currently 50 (used to be 60 overs until 1983), with the game lasting up to 8 hours.
