Women's Day 2022: PV Sindhu to Mithali Raj, Indian sports stars who broke barriers

Mithali Raj's  career in international cricket is almost two-decades-long with several achieved milestones in between. The 39-year old batter is the only captain in India to have led the side to two 50-over World Cup finals. She is the highest run-scorer in women’s international cricket and the only female cricketer to surpass the 7,000 run mark in Women’s ODI matches. (Source: Twitter)

Shuttler PV Sindhu is the only Indian to become the Badminton World Champion and only the second individual athlete from India to win two consecutive medals at the Olympic Games. Sindhu has also won a silver medal each at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and 2018 Asian Games, and two bronze medals at the Uber Cup. (Source: Twitter)

MC Mary Kom is the most successful women’s boxer in the history of the competition. Ireland’s Katie Taylor – a London 2012 lightweight gold medallist – won it five times.  Mary Kom also has a bronze to her name at the event, taking her total medals tally to 8 – more than any boxer, men’s or women’s, in history.  But the most important win for the Indian pugilist came in 2012 when she won a bronze medal in the London Olympics. (Source: Twitter)

Avani Lekhara is one of the finest Paralympians in India. Currently, World No 2 in Women’s 10m Air Rifle standing SH1, Avani has made the nation proud on many occasions.  She won a gold medal in 10m air rifle standing and a bronze medal in 50m rifle 3 positions at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. (Source: Twitter)

Weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu bagged a silver medal for India on the opening day of the Tokyo Olympics 2021 in the 49 Kg weight category lifting 202 Kg (87+115) (including both snatch and clean & jerk). The 28-year-old bagged her first Commonwealth Games medal in Glasgow in 2014 by winning a silver in the 48 Kg weight category. (Source: Twitter)