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Glamour girl of Indian cricket, Mithali Raj

New Delhi: When she was a child, Mithali Raj, the Indian women's cricket team captain, trained in the art of Bharatanatyam, a genteel pastime for a proper young Indian girl. She loved performing and considered

India TV Sports Desk Published : Mar 14, 2013 20:21 IST, Updated : Aug 17, 2014 11:18 IST


She is one of the world's top-ranked batswomen in One-Day Internationals, and in 2003, Raj received the Arjuna Award, India's highest honor for excellence in sports.


Her test match debut was against England in the 2001-02 season at Lucknow. In her third test match against England on 17th August 2002 at Taunton, she scored 214 runs. With this score, she broke the world‘s highest individual Test score of 209 by Karen Rolton.  

Raj became the highest scoring batswoman in the world at the age of 19. The feat wasn‘t just achieved overnight, but Raj had put in many efforts into being one of the best women cricketers.
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