Veteran batter Mithali Raj on Friday grew to become the primary Indian lady cricketer and second internationally to finish 10,000 runs throughout all codecs.
The 38-year-old Mithali, who leads the Indian ODI group, joins England’s Charlotte Edwards within the elite membership. Mithali achieved the feat with a boundary off Anne Bosch within the twenty eighth over of India’s innings throughout the ongoing third ODI towards South Africa right here.
“What a champion cricketer! First Indian woman batter to score 10K international runs. Take a bow, @M_Raj03,” the BCCI tweeted.
.@M_Raj03 finishing 10k worldwide runs 👏@raut_punam scoring 77 👍2⃣ fifty-plus stands 👌#StaffIndia 163/4 with 15 overs to go.
📸📸: How the third @Paytm #INDWvSAW ODI has panned out thus far. pic.twitter.com/6XdKwPIYxo
— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) March 12, 2021
But after reaching the milestone, Mitahli departed within the subsequent ball, flicking a Bosch supply straight to Mignon du Preez at midwicket.
She made 36 runs off 50 balls and hit 5 boundaries within the course of.
Mithali has amassed 663 runs in 10 Test matches with a greatest rating of 214, whereas she has 6938 and 2364 runs from 212 ODIs and 89 T20 Internationals respectively.
