Mithali Raj was born on 3 December 1982. His birthplace is Jodhpur Rajasthan (India). His father’s name is Dheeraj Raj Dorai. He used to work in the Air Force in the past. Now he is a bank employee. Mithali’s mother’s name is Leela Raj Dorai. She was restored as an officer to a prestigious post. The father of this female cricketer, who made an unprecedented contribution to India, was also a cricketer in his time. Perhaps this is why he encouraged his daughter to pursue a sporting life.
Mithali Raj Biography:
Mithali Raj is an Indian international-level cricketer. She has played many memorable innings in his bright career. She has also been awarded the “Arjuna Award” from the Government of India for her outstanding contribution to Woman’s Cricket. Mithali Raj (Mithali Dorai Raj) also became the captain of the Indian women’s team at the peak of her career.
Matches and Tournaments As A Captain:
The Indian team has also won the Test series in England under her leadership. The record of making 200 first of all in Test cricket is in the name of this capable Cricket Woman. Apart from this, Mithali Raj is the first player to score 6000 runs in international women’s cricket. With this, the credit of scoring 2000 runs first of all while playing for India in T20 cricket goes to this all-rounder female cricketer.
Parents, Family Life, Education, Career, Matches, Records
Her parents struggled a lot to promote their daughter’s cricketing career. By spending his own expenses, his father fulfilled every wish of Mithali. His mother left her job for her daughter’s care as she comes from practice to Thakihari. Mithali Raj has studied up to class 12th. She has studied at KS High School for Girls, Secundrabad. She then studied at Kasturba Gandhi Junior College for Women, West Merredpally, Secunderabad (Secunderabad). She never completed graduation.
Mithali Raj’s coaches are Jyoti Prasad, Sampat Kumar, and Vinod Sharma. They not only gave her coaching but helped in managing her cricketing career. Mithali has played for the domestic cricket railway. Apart from this, she has also played cricket with the team of Air India Woman, India Blue Woman, and Asia Woman 11.
Mithali Raj, who lives in Hyderabad, played her first international one-day match in Milton Keynes, Ireland. In this match, this skilled sportswoman scored 114 runs. She was not even out in this inning. She then played his first International Test Match in Lucknow city in India in the year 2001-02.
She was dismissed by scoring 0 runs in that match, but no one doubted the ability of this Talented Cricketer. Mithali went ahead and made a record of 214 runs for an inning in Test Cricket to date. She made this record while playing against England. Which is still the Unbroken Record for women.
After almost 4 years, India’s women’s cricket team went on a tour of England. On this tour, India won the Test series 1-0. India’s women’s team had won the Test series on foreign soil, so the media also covered this news very well. In this way, Mithali Raj’s stature increased in Indian women’s cricket.
Mithali Raj, performing in a forward and admirable game, broke the record of 209 runs by Karen Bolton of Australia. Apart from this, playing this virtue, he captained the Indian women’s cricket team to the World Cup in the year 2005. And Mithali Raj was also successful in achieving the first position in ICC World Ranking in the years 2010, 2011, and 2012.
Women’s cricket is not generally given much consideration in India or in other countries of the world. She also had some time before to find the Tournament Sponsor. But slowly Womans Cricket is growing. It will not be surprising if the Man vs Woman cricket matches start after a decade or two.
Cricket Career Statistics:
Arrival/debut – Cricketing Debut
Test cricket – 14 January 2002 – Vs England
One Day Cricket – 26 June – 1999 – Vs Ireland
T Twenty Cricket – 5 August 2006 – Vs England
Domestic Cricket – Railway team
Test match 10 – Runs 663 – Average 51 – Centuries 1 – Fifties 4 – Catch 11 – Highest score 214
One Day Match 197 – Run 6550 – Average 51.17 – Centuries 6 – Fifties 50 – Catch 39 – Highest Score 114
T Twenty match 84 – Runs 2232 – Average 37.02 – Centuries 0 – Fifties 14 – Catch 16 – Highest score 76
Social Media Presence of Mithali Raj
It is not a big deal for her to gather a big fan following as she is one of the most respected females cricketed from India. She is called the MS Dhoni of a female cricketer, who is known for her perfect decisions during crucial times during the match.
She has more than 1.6 million followers alone on her Instagram account.
On her Twitter account, she has more than 9300000 followers which is a very huge number in figures.
Also, she got a tremendous following on Facebook and other social media accounts.
Some Interesting Facts about Mithali Raj:
Mithali Raj has not married yet. Mithali’s elder brother is named Mithun Raj. Mithali is also known as Lady Sachin. This famous female cricketer takes the field with the number 3 jersey. According to sources, this female cricketer earns more than 50 lakhs per year. Before joining the cricket game, she used to take Bharatnatyam class. Then his guru advised him to choose one of the cricket or dance. After that Mithali Raj focused all her attention on her cricket career. Mithali’s birthplace is Rajasthan but she comes from a Tamil family.
