The most prolific run-scorer in women's international cricket history — India's most capped player and the first woman to score 7,000 ODI runs. Her 23-year international career transformed women's cricket in India.
The most prolific run-scorer in women's international cricket history — India's most capped player and the first woman to score 7,000 ODI runs. Her 23-year international career transformed women's cricket in India. Cricket demands skill, patience and tactical intelligence maintained over extended periods of competition at the highest international level. Career highlights included ICC Women's ODI World Cup Finalist 2017, Wisden India Almanack Cricketer of the Year, Arjuna Award. Mithali represented the kind of complete athlete that cricket produces only rarely — technically accomplished, physically conditioned and mentally equipped for the full demands of elite competition. Few athletes in cricket combined consistency and peak performance as effectively across the full span of a long and distinguished career. Mithali Raj's achievements in cricket were built on a foundation of technical discipline and physical preparation that allowed performance to be maintained at the very top of the sport across multiple competitive seasons.
ICC Women's ODI World Cup Finalist 2017
Career Honours
- ICC Women's ODI World Cup Finalist 2017
- Wisden India Almanack Cricketer of the Year
- Arjuna Award
- Padma Shri