Mithali Raj becomes First Female Cricketer to Score 7000 ODI Runs
Mithali Raj becomes First Female Cricketer to Score 7000 ODI Runs

India Women’s ODI team captain Mithali Raj achieved a historic milestone on Sunday as she became the first female cricketer in ODI history to score 7,000. According to Hindustan Times, before the start of the 4th ODI against South Africa Women in Lucknow, Mithali had 6,974 runs in her career. But after being asked to […]

India Women’s ODI team captain Mithali Raj achieved a historic milestone on Sunday as she became the first female cricketer in ODI history to score 7,000. According to Hindustan Times, before the start of the 4th ODI against South Africa Women in Lucknow, Mithali had 6,974 runs in her career. But after being asked to bat first by the Proteas, the India captain quickly scored 26 runs to reach the landmark in her 213th ODI.

 

This feat comes after Mithali Raj on Friday became the first India woman cricketer and only the second overall to score 10000 international runs.

 

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Mithali missed out on her fifty after she was dismissed by Tumi Sekhukhune for 45 in 71 balls. She struck four fours in her innings. India got off to a fine start in the match, with an opener despite Smriti Mandhana’s fall for 10, with Priya Puia scoring 32 runs, and Punam Raut getting a half-century.

 

Apart from her feat in the ODIs, Mithali also has scored 663 runs from 10 Tests with a highest of 214 at an average of 51. In T20Is, Mithali averages an impressive 37.52 having scored 2364 runs from 89 matches.

 

Mithali is second only to Charlotte Edwards in terms of the overall leading run-scorer in women’s international cricketer. Edwards, a former England cricketer, has scored 10207 runs from 309 matches with 67 half-centuries and 13 hundreds. Mithali, who has 75 fifties and eight centuries, is on her path to beat Edwards’ record in the near future.

 

 

Mithali, who has represented India in 89 T20Is, announced her retirement from the shortest format of the game back in September 2019. Mithali has 17 half-centuries in T20Is with a top score of 97 not out.

 

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