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Mithali Raj Retires: Top 5 records held by India's legendary batter - In Pics

The Test and ODI captain of the Indian women's national cricket team, Mithali Raj, on Wednesday announced her retirement from all formats of international cricket. Mithali is retiring as the leading run-scorer in the women's ODIs. She represented India in 232 matches, scoring 7805 runs at an average of 50.68. In Tests, Mithali has smashed 699 runs in 12 matches with a brilliant average of 43.68. She also has 2364 runs in 89 T20Is.

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Updated:Jun 08, 2022, 03:37 PM IST

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First Indian cricketer to score 2,000 runs in T20I

Mithali Raj became the first Indian cricketer to score 2,000 runs in T20 International Cricket.

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Second Highest scores in Women's Test

Mithali Raj broke Karen Rolton’s record of the world’s highest individual Test score of 209 and made a new score of 214. Later the record was broken by Pakistan's Kiran Baluch in 2004.

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62 Fifty-plus scores

Mithali Raj tops the chart for scoring the most fifty-plus runs in women's international cricket. She has scored fifty or more 62 times. Next on the list is England's Charlotte Edwards who has 55 fifty-plus scores to her name.

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Only women cricketer to appear in 6 ODI World Cups

From 2004 to 2016, Mithali Raj appeared in six ICC Women's ODI World Cups. She is the only women cricketer to achieve this feat.

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ICC ODI World Cup finals

The Indian women’s team captain has led the national side twice to the ICC ODI World Cup final – in 2005 and 2017.