Mithali Raj breaks record for most matches captained in ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup

Mithali Raj breaks record for most matches captained in ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup

Mithali Raj

Mithali Raj, the captain of the Indian Women’s Cricket Team, has made another big record to her name. She has now become the player to captain the most matches in the history of the Women’s World Cup. Mithali Raj holds the record for playing the most matches in the World Cup as a captain. Mithali Raj is now the captain to captain the most matches in the World Cup. In this case, Mithali Raj broke the record of former Australian women’s player Belinda Clark, who was captained in 23 matches of the World Cup.

After winning the toss against West Indies, Mithali Raj decided to bat and with this, her name was recorded in the record books. India needs a win to stay in contention for a semi-final berth, while West Indies are looking to remain unbeaten at the tournament after upset victories over New Zealand and England. Both teams have named unchanged sides for the clash. Mithali Raj would definitely like to register another victory in this historic match. Overall Team India has won one match so far and they have to face defeat in one match. The Indian team had defeated Pakistan in their first match of the World Cup. However, the team had to face defeat against New Zealand. In such a situation, the eyes of the team will be on coming back with a victory.

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The 39-year-old had completed 150 ODIs as India captain during the game against New Zealand on Thursday and holds the record for most matches as captain in all ODIs as well.

Mithali Raj has many great records in her name

Let us tell you that Mithali has made many big records in her name. She is also the first female cricketer to play six World Cups. The Indian player first participated in the Women’s World Cup in the year 2000. After this, she is participating in the Women’s World Cup of 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017 and now 2022. She is the only Indian female cricketer to score 10000 international runs for India. Apart from this, Mithali Raj has also scored the most runs in ODI cricket.

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