Now a biopic on Mithali Raj in the pipeline

New Delhi: In Bollywood, biopics on remarkable sportspersons have been raining lately. After Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Mohammad Azharuddin and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, a movie will be made on the real-life story of a female cricketer. Yes, you guessed it right! Here, we are talking about the captain of the Indian Women's cricket team (Tests and ODI) Mithali Raj.

Noted critic and business analyst Taran Adarsh on Tuesday took to Twitter to confirm the same. The rights of the upcoming flick have been acquired by Viacom18 Motion Pictures. 

"Viacom18 Motion Pictures acquires rights for the biopic of the Captain of Indian Women's Cricket team Mithali Raj," he posted on the microblogging website.

Viacom18 Motion Pictures acquires rights for the biopic of the Captain of Indian Women's Cricket team Mithali Raj. — taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) September 26, 2017

Mithali Raj told Mid-Day, “I am extremely happy on this association with Viacom18 Motion Pictures. I’m hoping that this movie inspires more people especially young girls to take up sports as a career.”

Excited much?

For the unversed, Mithali is the first captain (men or women) to lead India to an ICC ODI World Cup final twice, 2005 and 2017 respectively. She is named amongst the greatest cricket players of all times.