Women's Asia Cup: Mithali becomes first Indian Cricketer to cross 2,000 runs' bench mark in T20I Cricket
India's ODI skipper Mithali Raj, the bedrock of India's batting line-up, became the first woman cricketer to score 2000 T20 international runs during the match against SriLanka in Women’s Asia Cup T20 2018 in Malaysia. She ia also the leading run scorer in ODI cricket form.
Mithali Raj, who made her international debut at the age of just 17, against Ireland in 1999, made an stunning impact by scoring a hundred in her first game in national colours.
Mithali Raj has 14 half-centuries to her name in T20I cricket. She is only the Indian cricketer who is close to Mithali’s bunch of runs is India’s T20I skipper Harmanpreet Kaur (1,443 plus runs).
India will play Pakistan while Bangaldesh will face Malaysia on Saturday.
Congratulations to @M_Raj03 on reaching 2,000 T20I runs - the first player to reach the landmark for @BCCIWomen 👏 #INDvSL #WAC2018 pic.twitter.com/dWmslbT5CG
— ICC (@ICC) June 7, 2018
A Patil (19*) and V Krishnamurthy (29*) hold their nerve to seal a 7 wicket win for India against Sri Lanka! #INDvsSL #ACC #WAC2018 pic.twitter.com/bQjjKYzO9X
— AsianCricketCouncil (@ACCMedia1) June 7, 2018
Mithali Raj has 14 half-centuries to her name in T20I cricket. She is only the Indian cricketer who is close to Mithali’s bunch of runs is India’s T20I skipper Harmanpreet Kaur (1,443 plus runs).
India will play Pakistan while Bangaldesh will face Malaysia on Saturday.
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First published: 7 June 2018, 16:49 IST