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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote to former Indian batter Mithali Raj to congratulate her on a glorious career in international cricket spanning two decades. Test and ODI captain of the Indian women’s national cricket team, Mithali Raj, announced her retirement from international cricket on June 8. “Mithali Raj Ji, A few weeks ago, […]
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New Delhi: The Test and ODI captain of the Indian women’s national cricket team, Mithali Raj, on Wednesday announced her retirement from all formats of international cricket. Mithali is retiring as the leading run-scorer in the women’s ODIs. She represented India in 232 matches, scoring 7805 runs at an average of 50.68. In Tests, Mithali […]
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Mumbai: Bollywood star Taapsee Pannu on Friday announced that her upcoming film “Shabaash Mithu”, a biopic on Indian cricketer Mithali Raj, will make its debut in theatres on July 15. Directed by filmmaker Srijit Mukherji and written by Priya Aven, the film is a coming-of-age story of women’s cricket in India as witnessed by the […]
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New Delhi: Speculations rife about her international future, India’s Test and ODI skipper Mithali Raj will be turning up for Railways at the Women’s Senior T20 Trophy beginning on April 18 in what will be her first competitive event since the Women’s World Cup. The future of stalwarts Mithali and Jhulan Goswami has been a […]
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Christchurch: She may have earlier hinted at a possible retirement at the end of the Women’s World Cup, but veteran India captain Mithali Raj on Sunday said it’s not the right time to take a call on her future just after the country’s heart-breaking exit from the showpiece. The 39-year-old Raj, the lone women cricketer […]
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Hamilton: An inconsistent India will have no room for errors when they take on a spirited Bangladesh in their must-win ICC Women’s World Cup league match here on Tuesday. India’s problems have compounded over the course of their campaign, which has seen them win two games and lose three, including back-to-back defeats against England and […]
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Auckland: The veteran India pacer Jhulan Goswami achieved yet another milestone as she becomes the second women cricketer to play 200 ODIs on Saturday against Australia in the ongoing ICC women’s ODI World Cup 2022. Prior to her, India’s Mithali Raj holds the record of playing the highest number of ODIs in women’s cricket. She […]
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Auckland: Australia made light work of the highest chase in ICC Women’s ODI World Cup history to beat an erring India by six wickets and seal their semifinal berth here on Saturday. Half-centuries from skipper Mithali Raj (68 off 96), Yastika Bhatia (59 off 83) and Harmanpreet Kaur (57 not out off 47) steered India […]
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Auckland: India captain Mithali Raj created history by scoring a half-century in the match against Australia in the ongoing ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup in Auckland on Saturday. Mithali Raj scored her 12th half-century in the World Cup. This is the 63rd half-century of Mithali’s ODI career. At the same time, she equalled former New […]
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Indian skipper Mithali Raj played a gritty inning of 68 while Yastika Bhatia scored 59 at the Eden Park. Harmanpreet Kaur's 57* and Pooja Vastrakar's 34 aided the Women in Blue to finish on high.
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Hamilton: India”s under-performing top-order will be keen to display way more intent to bring the team”s campaign back on track when it squares off against a dangerous West Indies in the third league game of the ICC Women”s World Cup here on Saturday. Currently placed fifth after a demoralising 62-run loss to New Zealand, India […]
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Hamilton: An inept batting performance by India led to an all-too familiar surrender against New Zealand as the Mithali Raj-led side went down by 62 runs in its second league stage match of the ICC Women’s World Cup here on Thursday. New Zealand, who have dominated the Indians throughout this summer, didn’t let anything change […]
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Mount Maunganui: Indian women’s cricket team skipper Mithali Raj on Sunday became the first woman, and only the third cricketer ever, to appear at six ICC Women’s Cricket World Cups. Leading Indian in the opening game of their World Cup campaign here, the 39-year-old could manage just nine runs in 36 deliveries as she was […]
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Mount Maunganui: The Indian women’s cricket would hope that its bowlers find top form to complement a solid batting unit’s efforts when it begins its quest for an elusive ICC World Cup trophy with the opening match against arch-rivals Pakistan here on Sunday. Runners-up in the 2017 and 2005 editions, India are eager to go […]
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Mount Maunganui: Star allrounder Harmanpreet Kaur’s experience is vital to India’s middle-order and it is good to see her back among runs just before the World Cup, said skipper Mithali Raj on Saturday. The 32-year-old Harmanpreet, who has been battling a prolonge lean patch, slammed a 63 against New Zealand in the fifth ODI and […]
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Hyderabad: Google celebrated the kick-off of ICC Women’s World Cup with an animated doodle on Friday, wishing all the participating teams. The illustration shows animated figures in action with figures of wicket-keeping, batting and fielding. The World Cup will see a total of eight teams battle it out over the duration of 29 days. The […]
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Mount Maunganui: Mithali Raj will be eager to get her hands on a maiden title in what would be her last hurrah for India at the world stage, Heather Knight will hope to defend it while Meg Lanning seems primed to lead Australia to a ”Magnificent Seventh” when the ICC Women’s World Cup gets underway […]
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Christchurch: Indian captain Mithali Raj feels youngsters like Shafali Verma and Richa Ghosh have shown that they have the ability to compete at the highest level and the last few series have helped the team figure out its composition ahead of women’s ODI World Cup next month. India tried out some new talents in the […]
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Hyderabad: When we talk about cricket, many of us get thoroughly enthusiastic as who doesn’t love cricket in India? Carrying a similar love for the sport, this six-year-old girl’s cricketing skills has left several netizens in awe, including KTR. The little girl Mehak Fathima quizzed her father about why he isn’t teaching her to play […]
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Queenstown: The crushing defeat in the opening game exposed a lot of chinks in their armour and a depleted India will be eager to address their batting and fielding woes when they face New Zealand in the second women’s ODI here on Tuesday. Nothing worked for India in the first ODI on Saturday with the […]
