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Mithali Raj T20I retirement: Twitter bids adieu to the legendary Indian batswoman

Dixit Bhargav
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Mithali Raj T20I retirement: Twitter bids adieu to the legendary Indian batswoman

Mithali Raj T20I retirement: The legendary Indian cricketer has hung her boots from the shortest format of the game.

Former India captain and legendary batswoman Mithali Raj has announced her retirement from T20Is. Raj, 36, has taken the decision to try another attempt at the Women’s ODI World Cup to be played in 2021.

In 89 T20Is, Raj has scored 2,364 runs at an average of 37.52 including 17 half-centuries and a highest score of 97 not out. While Raj’s will end her career as the highest run-scorer for India, she is the sixth-highest overall.

In 32 T20Is as captain, Raj has scored 841 runs at an average of 35.04 including five half-centuries. India won 17 and lost 15 matches under Raj’s leadership in the shortest format. Raj also led India to T20I World Cups in 2012, 2014 and 2016 respectively.

“After representing India in T20 internationals since 2006, I wish to retire from T20Is to focus my energies on readying myself for the 2021 One Day World Cup. It remains my dream to win a World Cup for my country and I want to give it my best.

I thank the BCCI for their continuous support and wish the Indian T20 team good luck as they prepare for the home series against South Africa Women,” Raj said in a BCCI press release.

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Dixit Bhargav

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Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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