Mithali Raj, who dealt with the Indian innings with a scintillating 72 within the first ODI vs England, reached 201/8 in 50 overs on Sunday, changing into the one lady cricketer to have a global profession spanning greater than 22 years.
Raj made his debut on 26 June 1999. In such a state of affairs, she accomplished 22 years in worldwide cricket by taking the sphere for the Indian ladies’s cricket crew on Sunday. Only Sachin Tendulkar (22 years 91 days) has an extended profession than Mithali Raj in males’s and girls’s cricket.
No different cricketer has been lively in worldwide cricket for greater than 22 years.
Raj has additionally performed essentially the most variety of ODIs in ladies’s cricket (214) and can be the best run-scorer in ladies’s ODIs with over 7000 runs.
Raj saved the innings 27/2 in India’s innings on Sunday. They shared two necessary partnerships – 56 runs with Poonam Raut (32) and 65 runs with Deepti Sharma (30).
He accomplished his fifty in 95 balls. After Deepti was dismissed, Mithali modified gears and hit three fours in an over, slicing Anya Shrubsole for 15 runs within the forty fourth over.
Sophie Ecclestone snatches Mithali Raj’s prized cranium!
India captain scored 72 runs. #Engwind | https://t.co/L4wLaLrMrzpic.twitter.com/36B6UeGR9G
— ICC (@ICC) June 27, 2021
Just when Mithali regarded harmful, she was dismissed by Ecclestone within the forty sixth over as India had been diminished to 180 for six.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
