Latest Mithali Raj News & Updates

Dubai, Dec 30 (IANS) India opener Shafali Verma’s recent resurgence has been further fuelled by her impressive performance in the ongoing T20I series against Sri Lanka, helping her climb to the sixth spot in the latest Women’s T20I Batter Rankings. The young Indian star has gained four spots, bringing her closer to the top position she previously held in 2020, becoming only the second Indian player, after Mithali Raj, to achieve the number one ranking in T20I cricket.Shafali has found her best f…

New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) India’s vice-captain Smriti Mandhana believes that thinking about the World Cup after a successful campaign will not help them win the next one and said that the Indian team has a lot of scope to improve as they prepare for the global T20 event scheduled for next year. Mandhana played a prolific knock with the bat in the recently concluded fourth T20I against Sri Lanka in Trivandrum on Sunday after registering poor scores in the first three games. She scripted history by…

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 28 (IANS) India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana on Sunday became only the second Indian woman player after compatriot Mithali Raj to complete 10,000 runs in international cricket.Smriti, who debuted for India against Bangladesh in April 2013, needed 27 runs before the fourth T20I against Sri Lanka in Thiruvananthapuram to reach the huge landmark, and reached the milestone in just 20 deliveries at the Greenfield International Stadium. She eventually made 80 off 48 balls – h…