Mithali Raj announced retirement from International cricket
Highlights:
- Indian women’s cricket team captain, Mithali Raj (39 years old), hailing from Jodhpur, Rajasthan, announced her retirement from all forms of International cricket.
- Previously in September 2019, she retired from twenty 20 International (T20Is) but continued to play One Day Internationals(ODIs) and Test cricket.
- Mithali Raj made her International debut in the ODI against Ireland at Milton Keynes in 1999.
- The government of India(GoI) honoured her with Arjuna Award in 2003 for her outstanding achievement in cricket and the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award in 2021.
- GoI honoured her with Padma Shri in 2015 for her contribution to sports
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