Former India skipper Mithali Raj on Wednesday introduced her retirement from all types of cricket after taking part in the sport for over 20 years.
Mithali Raj all over a fit. (Courtesy: Reuters)
HIGHLIGHTSMithali was once honoured with Khel Ratna in 2021Mithali completed with essentially the most girls’s ODI runsMithali’s ultimate look was once 2022 Global Cup
Former India cricketer Mohammad Kaif on Thursday stated that he needs to look Mithali Raj ready of energy on the Board of Keep watch over for Cricket in India (BCCI).
Mithali introduced her retirement from all types of cricket after taking part in the sport for over 20 years.
“Mithali Raj gave Indian girls’s cricket a template that hundreds of ladies adopted. Would really like to look her in place (of) energy,” Kaif stated.
Mithali Raj gave Indian girls’s cricket a template that hundreds of ladies adopted. Would really like to look her in place energy. @M_Raj03
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) June 9, 2022
All over her profession, Mithali changed into handiest the 3rd cricketer and primary girl to seem in six Global Cups, becoming a member of Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar and Pakistan nice Javed Miandad.
Mithali was once honoured with the Arjuna Award (2003, Padma Shri (2015) and Main Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award (2021).
She completed with essentially the most runs in girls’s ODIs (7805) and because the handiest Indian girl to attain a double century in Checks. Mithali could also be the second one participant after England’s Charlotte Edwards to attain 10,000 runs in girls’s world cricket.