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Mithali-Raj
The Mithali Raj-led Women’s ODI team would try to win the 3rd ODI against England to avoid a whitewash in the series. It is important for India to win a single ODI match before entering the 3-match T20I series against England.
The Indian women’s team had lost all of their ODIs against England. Their last win was in 2019 at Mumbai when the Indian bowlers had bundled out the English team for 161 runs. Shikha Pandey had taken 4 wickets for just 18 runs and Jhulan Goswami also took 4 wickets but for 30 runs. They were the top players of that match for India.
The batting unit of the Indian women’s team has let the team down. Thereby, the team management would need to fix the concerns related to the batting unit if India must win at least one ODI.
Players like Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, and Harmanpreet Kaur would also have to support their skippers while batting and make good runs.
Nevertheless, Mithali Raj performed well in two matches of the 3 match ODI series. She played with a low strike rate of 65.50 to avoid the crisis of a total batting collapse. So, some of the incredible records of Mithali Raj is as follow:
Most ODI cricket runs
In the history of women’s cricket, Mithali Raj is the leading run-scorer in the ODI format. In 216 matches, she has made 7229 runs at an average of 51.26 including 7 hundred and 57 half-centuries. Her highest ODI score to date was 125* against Sri Lanka in 2018.
Former English captain Charlotte Edwards is in second place with 5992 runs in her ODI career. To become the leading run-scorer in all formats of cricket, Mithali Raj would just need to make 12 runs in the next match.
Most ODI matches played as a captain
Veteran women’s player Mithali Raj also holds the record of leading India in the highest number of matches in women’s ODI cricket. She has led India in 139 ODI matches since taking over as the captain in 2004. India has won 83 matches under her leadership.
At present, Mithali Raj is tied with Australia women’s captain Belinda Clark for the highest number of wins in women’s ODI cricket. Both of them have successfully led their team to victory in 83 matches. If India wins the ODI match against England, then Raj would become the most successful women's ODI captain.