Question

Character sketch on Mithali Raj of 100 words​

Answer 1

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Born on 3rd Dec 1982, Mithali Dorai Raj is an Indian woman cricketer and the captain of India’s women cricket team. Born to a Tamil family, Mithali started playing at the age of 10. A little unknown fact is that she loves dancing and was deeply passionate about it. However, she chose cricket over dance and we are not complaining!

She is currently at the top of the world batting table, having amassed 703 ratings. Raj is known for composure at the crease along with the ability of scoring runs briskly. In addition to that, she can also roll in some vital bowing performances with her arm over bowling leg-spinners.

Details

Full Name

Mithali Dorai Raj

Age

36

Sport Category

Cricket

Date of Birth

3 December 1982

Hometown

Jodhpur, India

Height

5' 4''

Parent

Dorai Raj, Leela Raj

ODI Debut

1999

Test Debut

2001

ICC Rankings

1 (ODI)

Batting Style

Right-Handed

Bowling Style

Over bowling leg-spinners

Answer 2

Mithali Dorai Raj (born 3 December 1982) is an Indian cricketer and the captain of the Indian women's national cricket team.[1][2] A right-handed opening batter, she is often regarded as India's greatest female batter.

Mithali Raj

Mithali Raj Truro 2012.jpg

Raj batting against England in 2012

Personal information

Born

3 December 1982 (age 37)

Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

Height

5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)

Batting

Right-handed

Role

Batter

International information

National side

India

Test debut (cap 56)

14 January 2002 v England

Last Test

16 November 2014 v South Africa

ODI debut (cap 56)

26 June 1999 v Ireland

Last ODI

6 November 2019 v West Indies

T20I debut (cap 9)

5 August 2006 v England

Last T20I

9 March 2019 v England

Career statistics

Competition WTests WODI WT20I

Matches 10 209 89

Runs scored 663 6888 2,364

Batting average 51.00 50.64 37.52

100s/50s 1/4 7/53 0/17

Top score 214 125* 97*

Balls bowled 72 171 6

Wickets 0 8 0

Bowling average - 11.37 -

5 wickets in innings 0 0 -

10 wickets in match 0 0 -

Best bowling - 3/4 -

Catches/stumpings 11/– 53/- 19/–

Source: CricInfo, 21 April 2020

She is the highest run-scorer in women's international cricket and the only female cricketer to surpass the 6,000 run mark in Women's One Day International matches.[3][4] she is the first player to score seven consecutive 50s in ODIs.[5] Raj also holds the record for most half-centuries in WODIs.[6] In June 2018 during the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup, she became the first player from India (either male or female) to score 2000 runs in T20Is, and also became the first woman cricketer to reach 2002 WT20I runs.[7][8][9]

In 2005, she became the captain of the side. Raj is the only player (male or female) to have captained India in more than one ICC ODI World Cup final, doing so twice in 2005 and 2017.[10][11] On 1 February 2019, during India's series against New Zealand Women, Raj became the first woman to play in 200 ODI matches.[12] In September 2019, she announced her retirement from T20Is to focus on ODI cricket.[13] The former captain Mithali Raj became the first woman to complete 20 years in international cricket.[14]

She is the recipient of several awards, including the Wisden Leading Woman Cricketer in the World in 2017. She was awarded the Arjuna Award in 2003, and the Padma Shri in 2015, both by the Government of India.