Indian women's ODI and Test team captain Mithali Raj made two big records in one day. Mithali became the highest run-scorer in women's international cricket in the third ODI against England on Saturday. Along with this, she has also become the captain to win the most ODI matches in the world.
Mithali played an unbeaten inning of 75 runs in the third ODI. Now in international cricket, he has 10,337 runs in 317 matches. She surpassed former England captain Charlotte Edwards (10,273 runs in 309 matches). Before the third ODI, Mithali was 11 runs behind the former England captain. He achieved this milestone by hitting a four-off English bowler Nate Shiver. In this way, now the top run-scorer in both men's and women's international cricket has become Indian. Sachin Tendulkar is number 1 in men's cricket with 34,357 runs.
Mithali's innings in the third ODI helped India win by 4 wickets. Batting first, England had scored 219 runs. In reply, India won the match by scoring 220 for 6 wickets in 46.3 overs. With this, Mithali has now become the most match-winning captain in the world in ODI cricket. This was the Indian women's team's 84th victory under her captaincy. She broke the record held by Australia's Belinda Clark (83 wins).
Mithali Raj became the highest run-scorer in ODI cricket in 2017. She then achieved this feat in the league match of the World Cup. Before Mithali, that record was also in the name of Charlotte Edwards. During the match against Australia in the same World Cup, Mithali also became the first woman batsman to complete 6000 runs in women's ODI matches.
Mithali Raj has retired from T20 International cricket in 2019. She has 2364 runs in this format and she is seventh in its overall tally.
In Test cricket, Mithali Raj has scored 669 runs in 11 matches at an average of 44.60. She is fourth among Indian women batsmen in Tests.
England team won 2 out of 3 ODIs. Overall, England has a 6-4 point lead in the ongoing series by combining all three formats. Both the teams got 2-2 points due to the Test match being drawn. England got 4 more points by winning two ODIs. India gained 2 more points by winning 1 ODI. Now the winning team of the overall series will be decided by 3 T20 matches.
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