Mithali Raj, the most capped player and highest run scorer in women’s cricket history. She is India’s most successful women’s captain, and a superstar who inspired many young girls to take up the sport.
Mithali called it quits on Wednesday, 8th June after a glittering 23-year career.
Mithali has left the game with record-breaking figures that would be difficult to match in limited-overs cricket. Many in the cricket world lauded and admired her as a champion!
Mithali played 12 Tests, 232 ODIs, and 89 T20Is after making her debut as a 16-year-old in 1999. Her total of 10,868 international runs in 333 matches (ODIs, Tests, and T20Is) will be difficult to match.
The 39-year-old set a world record by scoring 7,805 runs in one-day internationals at an average of 50.7, and prompted India to 89 victories in 155 ODIs, the most by any woman captain.
Despite having the most runs in women’s cricket who’s the only Indian captain — man or woman — to lead the team to two 50-over Cup Finals, the 39-year-old gets retire without a trophy in her cabinet.