Mithali Raj turns into first Indian lady cricketer to attain 10,000 worldwide runs

Image Source : GETTY IMAGES File picture of Mithali Raj.
Indian girls’s cricket staff veteran Mithali Raj reached a particular profession milestone on Friday when the 38-year-old feminine cricketer grew to become the primary Indian participant and second general to attain 10,000 worldwide runs. Mithali achieved the milestone when she reached the 35-run mark throughout India vs South Africa third ODI in Lucknow on Friday.

England’s Charlotte Edwards was the primary lady participant to succeed in the milestone in worldwide cricket. Mithali now wants additional 299 runs to surpass the Englishwoman as the very best run-getter within the historical past of girls’s worldwide cricket.

Mithali, nonetheless, could not have fun the day with type because the batter acquired out after including one other run to her 36-run innings. Mithali can be the very best run-getter in ODIs at 6974 after the innings and is additional 36 runs wanting changing into the primary participant to attain 7000 runs within the format. Apart from that, she has 2364 runs to her title in T20 format whereas 634 runs got here off her bat in 10 Test matches.

In the match, she cast a 77-run stand with Punam Raut for the third wicket after India had been in bother at one level at 64/2 after despatched in to bat first by Proteas.

At the time of scripting this report, India had been consolidating on the Raut-Mithali stand with 160/3 within the thirty fourth over. Raut was additionally inching nearer to her century as she was not out on 77 runs ( off 107 balls) with Harmanpreet Kaur (4 not out) on the different finish.