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Indian cricket legend Mithali Raj retires, ends career which spanned nearly 23 years

Jun 08, 2022, at 09:16 pm

Kolkata: India women's cricket legend Mithali Raj on Wednesday announced her retirement after a glorious international career spanning nearly 23 years.

South Africa beat India in WC thriller, Mithali Raj-led side crash out

Mar 27, 2022, at 09:10 pm

Christchurch: India's ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2022 campaign came to an end after the Mithali Raj-led side lost their must-win league clash against South Africa by three wickets on Sunday.

Women's World Cup: Mithali Raj, Yastika Bhatia, Harmanpreet power India to post 277/7 against Australia

Mar 19, 2022, at 04:03 pm

Auckland: Skipper Mithali Raj, Yastika Bhatia and Harmanpreet Kaur combined to help India post 277/7 against Australia in a league match of the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup at the Eden Park here on Saturday.

India's Mithali Raj sets CWC record as skipper, plays most matches as captain

Mar 12, 2022, at 03:48 pm

Hamilton: Indian cricketer Mithali Raj on Saturday broke the record for most matches as captain in the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup.

Indian eves crush Pakistan by 107 runs in World Cup clash

Mar 06, 2022, at 08:01 pm

Tauranga: India crushed Pakistan by 107 runs in their opening match of the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup at the Bay Oval here on Sunday.

Record sixth World Cup appearance for Mithali Raj

Mar 06, 2022, at 07:35 pm

Dubai: India captain Mithali Raj has become the first woman, and only the third cricketer ever, to appear at six ICC Women’s Cricket World Cups.

England beat India by 5 wickets in 2nd women’s ODI, take unassailable 2-0 lead

Jul 01, 2021, at 06:45 pm

Taunton/UNI: An unbeaten fifty from Sophia Dunkley and a five-wicket haul by Kate Cross helped England beat India by 5 wickets in the second women’s ODI and take 2-0 unassailable lead in three-match series, here on late Wednesday night.

1st ODI: England Women defeat India Women by 8 wickets, take 1-0 series lead

Jun 28, 2021, at 06:24 pm

Bristol/UNI: Mithali Raj's half century went in vain as England Women defeated India Women by eight wickets in the first ODI to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series, here on Sunday

Indian PM Narendra Modi congratulates Mithali Raj over completing ten thousand runs in Test cricket 

Mar 28, 2021, at 10:36 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated first Indian women cricketer Mithali Raj who made a new record by completing ten thousand runs in the test cricket.

Mithali Raj becomes first Indian to score 10,000 runs in women's cricket

Mar 13, 2021, at 01:30 am

Lucknow/UNI: Veteran batsman Mithali Raj on Friday became the first Indian woman cricketer and second overall, to score 10,000 runs in women's international cricket.

Maybe captain and coach felt they had a better player: Mithali Raj on 2018 WT20 semis snub

Aug 13, 2020, at 10:35 pm

Mumbai/UNI: India Women’s ODI captain Mithali Raj, who was disappointed in her exclusion from the team in the 2018 Women’s World T20 semifinal, has said that may be the captain and coach felt they had a better player to feed into the eleven in place of her.

Mithali Raj announces retirement from T20Is

Sep 03, 2019, at 02:30 pm

Mumbai: Former Indian T20I captain Mithali Raj on Tuesday announced her retirement from T20 Internationals.

Mithali Raj says she is deeply saddened and hurt

Nov 29, 2018, at 01:17 pm

New Delhi, Nov 29 (IBNS): Veteran Indian women's cricketer Mithali Raj on Thursday said she is "deeply saddened" and "hurt" by the negative image being projected about her by head coach of the women's cricket team, Ramesh Powar.

Best in the world are at times shown the door: Sourav Ganguly on Mithali Raj's exclusion

Nov 26, 2018, at 07:20 pm

Kolkata, Nov 26 (IBNS): Senior cricketer Mithali Raj's exclusion from India women's team in the recently concluded World T20I tournament semi-finals did not surprise ex-captain of India men's team Sourav Ganguly.

Women's T20: Supernovas beat Trailblazers by three wickets

May 22, 2018, at 11:01 pm

Mumbai, May 22 (IBNS): Mithali Raj's Supernovas defeated Smriti Mandhana's Trailblazers by three wickets in an one-off match at the Wankhede Stadium here on Tuesday.

Women's T20: Trailblazers score 129/6 in 20 overs against Supernovas

May 22, 2018, at 09:51 pm

Mumbai, May 22 (IBNS): Smriti Mandhana-led Trailblazers scored 129/6 in 20 overs against Mithali Raj's Supernovas in a sporting encounter at the Wankhede Stadium here on Tuesday.

India Women’s squad for T20I Tri-Series announced

Mar 15, 2018, at 01:07 am

Mumbai, Mar 14 (IBNS): The BCCI's All-India Women's Selection Committee has named the India Women's squad for the upcoming Paytm T20I Tri-Series.

Jhulan Goswami to miss upcoming ODI series against Australia

Feb 27, 2018, at 11:34 pm

Mumbai, Feb 27 (IBNS): Indian pacer Jhulan Goswami will miss the upcoming ODI series against Australia due to injury.

Mithali Raj named Indian ODI team skipper for Australia series

Feb 27, 2018, at 10:13 pm

New Delhi, Feb 27 (IBNS): India's star batsman Mithali Raj has been named the skipper of the national side which will face Australia in the Paytm ODI series from Mar 12.

Women's cricket breaks new ground

Oct 09, 2017, at 09:12 pm

Dubai, Oct 9 (IBNS): Interest in women’s cricket has seen a major surge over the past couple of years and new research unveiled on Monday by the ICC shows the scale of the impact this summer’s Women’s Cricket World Cup has had on fans and new participants.

India's Mithali Raj, Deepti Sharma, Harmanpreet Kaur feature in ICC Women's WC team

Jul 25, 2017, at 12:02 am

Dubai, July 24 (IBNS): The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced the Team of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 with India’s Mithali Raj as its captain.

Narendra Modi wishes Indian women for World Cup final

Jul 23, 2017, at 11:20 pm

New Delhi, July 23 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined the countrymen in wishing Indian women team for the final match of the Women World Cup against hosts England on Sunday.

ICC Women’s World Cup 2017: India to take on England in finale today

Jul 23, 2017, at 04:03 pm

London, July 23 (IBNS): Amid high expectations, team India are all set to take on host England in the much-hyped finale of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 on Sunday.

Mithali Raj expects plenty of tuns in ICC Women's World Cup final

Jul 23, 2017, at 03:14 am

New Delhi, July 22 (IBNS): Mithali Raj is predicting plenty of runs at Lord’s when India takes on host England in a mouth-watering ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 final on Sunday.

ICC Women's World Cup : England and India set Lord's date

Jul 22, 2017, at 08:10 pm

London, Jul 22 (IBNS) : Captain Mithali Raj knows it will be a special occasion for her and Jhulan Goswami when India plays its second ICC World Cup Final on Sunday, 12 years after losing their showpiece event.

India crusies past New Zealand to reach semi-finals

Jul 16, 2017, at 04:44 am

London, July 15 (IBNS): India sealed the one remaining ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 semi-final spot in style as a majestic century from captain Mithali Raj and five wickets from Rajeshwari Gayakwad secured a huge 186-run victory over New Zealand in Derby.

Mithali Raj gives perfect 10 to her team for win against Pakistan

Jul 03, 2017, at 09:48 pm

London, July 3 (IBNS): Captain Mithali Raj gave her team perfect 10 points for beating Pakistan in a high-voltage World Cup match against Pakistan on Sunday.

Indian Women's Team for ICC Women's World Cup 2017 announced

May 16, 2017, at 02:28 am

New Delhi, May 15 (IBNS): The All-India Women's Selection Committee met on Monday to select the India Women’s Cricket Team for the upcoming ICC Women's World Cup 2017.

Mithali Raj looks forward to Ireland match

Feb 10, 2017, at 01:57 am

Colombo, Feb 9 (IBNS): India captain Mithali Raj is not taking lightly the next match against Ireland on Friday that could make her team the first to ensure a berth in the Super Six stage of the ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier 2017 but is at the same time planning to groom players in matches ahead.