In December, Taapsee took to Instagram to wish Mithali Raj on her birthday with a series of pictures and a heartwarming message, along with which she made the formal announcement of Shabaash Mithu.
Poonam Yadav was also named in the top bracket while Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami were in Grade 'B' in BCCI's annual player contracts for women.
Taapsee Pannu is all set to learn THE 'cover drive' for Mithali Raj biopic.
Mithali was criticised by a fan who believed the cricketer, who hails from a Tamil family, ignores her mother tongue and only speaks in English, Hindi and Telugu.
Captain Mithali Raj and Punam Raut's 119-run stand for the third wicket fuelled the Indian run chase. Mithali was the top scorer with 66 runs while Raut scored 65. The stand was broken when Mithali fell to Marizanne Kapp.
Mithali Raj became the first woman cricketer to complete twenty years in international cricket when she appeared in the first ODI against South Africa.
The team is currently taking part in a five-match T20 series against South Africa here. India won the first rubber while the second was washed out.
Mithali will continue to lead the team in the three-match ODI series, which will follow the five T20 Internationals, where Harmanpreet Kaur will captain.
With the senior batswoman calling it a day from the shortest format of the game, let's take a look at Mithali's top five knocks in T20I cricket.
Indian cricketer Mithali Raj announced her decision to retire from T20Is earlier today, and former cricketer Shantha Rangaswamy said that she took the right call.
India women's cricketer Mithali Raj has announced her retirement from T20Is to focus on one-day international cricket.
Bollywood diva Taapsee Pannu who is known for having a jovial relationship with the media has urged them to recommend her name to the people who are making a biopic on the life of Indian women's cricket team skipper Mithali Raj.
Mithali Raj who is the captain of women's cricket team is also the goodwill ambassador of the children's team who represented India at Street Child Cricket World Cup.
Taapsee Pannu is reportedly going to train herself rigorously to fit into the shoes of cricketer Mithali Raj.
India will gear up for the World Cup with warm-up matches against New Zealand and Bangladesh on May 25 and 28 respectively.
Harmanpreet Kaur scored a crucial half-century as Supernovas defeated Mithali Raj's Velocity in a dramatic final.
Sent into bat in their must-win match, the Supernovas scored 142 for 3, thanks to 18-year-old Rodrigues' 48-ball 77 not out and then restricted Velocity to 130 for 3 to win the final round-robin league match of the tournament.
Mithali feels that she has always been unfairly targeted despite some of the other players also coming cropper in shorter formats.
After their five-wicket win over Supernovas in the tournament-opener on, a victory over Velocity would have sealed Trailblazers' place in the summit clash.
Hailing from Kashmir's Shopian district, Jasia currently represents Punjab in national tournaments and has already played for India Red in the Challenger Trophy.
Top News
Latest News
