MITHALI RAJ -

CAPTAIN COOL

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Mithali Raj is an Indian Cricketer and the captain of India Women's national cricket team. She is one of the India's greatest female cricketer. She is a right handed top order batswoman. She made her test debut on 14 January 2002 v.s. England; made her ODI debut on 26 June 1999 v.s. Ireland ( scoring her 1st century in her 1st ODI ) and made her T20 debut on 5 August 2006 v.s. England. She took retirement from T20 in September 2019. She is nicknamed as the 'Lady Tendulkar of Indian Women Cricket' as she is currently the all time leading run scorer for India in all formats in Test, T20 and ODI.

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HOBBIES:-
She enjoys reading books very much. She also rewrites the recorded books. She is so fond of reading books that she read a book before going to bat. She is also a Bharatnatyam dancer. She didn't want to be a cricketer but a dancer but for the happiness of her parents, she made her future in cricket.

Cricket was never Mithali's first choice, infact it was never on her to-do list. Her parents introduced Mithali to cricket because she was very lazy and since her father was an officer in Indian Air Force, he wanted his daughter to be disciplined and active. In an interview with BCCI, Mithali said, "From the beginning I played cricket only to make my parents happy."

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RECORDS:-
• She is the 2nd highest to score highest individual by Indian Women Cricketer in World Cup match (90* in 104 balls) v.s. NZ in 2005.
• She is the 1st Indian and 5th women cricketer overall to score over 1000 world cup runs.
• She holds the record for playing the most consecutive Women's ODI for a team (109).
• She is the highest run scorer and only female cricketer to score 6000 runs in ODI women's international.
• She is 1st player to score 7 consecutive 50's in ODI.
• She holds the record for most ODI half centuries in women ODI Internationals.
• During 2018 Women's T20 Asia Cup, she became the first player from India to score 2000 runs in T20.
• She is the youngest female cricketer to score a hundred on her ODI debut ( 16 years 250 days ).
• She is the youngest captain for Indian Women Cricket Team and 7th overall.Out of 90, she has captained in 57 consecutive matches which is the second best by any captain.
• Under her captaincy, Indian Women's cricket team won their first Test series against England in 2006 and that too on their home soil by 1-0 margin.
• In 2005 Women's World Cup, she led the team to final for the first time, though they lost the match.
• Between 2005 and 2008, she led the team in three Asia Cup tournaments and all three were won by Indian women's cricket team.

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AWARDS:-
• 2003-Arjuna Award.
• 2015-Padma Shri.
• 2017-Youth Sports icon of excellence Award.
• 2017-Vogue sportsperson of the year.
• 2017-BBC 100 Women.
• 2017-Wisden Leading Woman Cricketer in the World.

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MOVIE:-
After 2017 Women Cricket World Cup, Viacom 18 pictures decided to make a film on her life, shooting to be start in 2019. She said 'Priyanka Chopra' can play her role but it was decided that Tapsee Pannu will play her role and film to be named ' Shabaash Mithu ' and also she hope that "her movie inspire more people, especially, young girls to take up sports as a career."

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