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The Indian women’s team delivered a comprehensive performance against New Zealand in the group stage to secure a much-needed win on Saturday. The Indian eves, courtesy of a brilliant hundred by skipper Mithali Raj and a brilliant bowling performance by Rajeshwari Gaekwad, won the match by 186 runs.
ICC Women's World Cup 2017: Mithali Raj Hits Fine Century vs New Zealand
There seems to be no stopping India captain Mithali Raj. On Saturday against New Zealand in the ICC Women's World Cup 2017 match at Derby, Mithali smashed her sixth ODI century. She also brought up her 50th half-century, the first woman to register the 50th score in the fifties in women's ODI history. She had created history to become the leading run-scorer in women's One Day International cricket during the last match against Australia. Mithali had gone past Englishwoman Charlotte Edwards' record of 5992 runs and also became the first woman cricketer to touch the 6000-run mark.
There are too many records against her name. Earlier she achieved the feat of scoring seven consecutive fifties in ODIs after she played a terrific knock against England in the World Cup. Before her 50th half-ton on Saturday, she had notched the maximum number of ODI half-centuries (49) by any woman cricketer.
An elated Mithali Raj spoke after the match and said, “I’m extremely happy because, for a couple of us, this is going to be the last World Cup. So, our first aim was to qualify for the semis. I have always been happy to score runs for the country. I’ve always dreamed getting more and more runs because the hunger never dies. I think there were two important and crucial partnerships. One with Harmanpreet and the other with Veda. Her contribution was really very crucial. When you’re chasing 250 plus there is always pressure.”
Virat Kohli Congratulates Mithali Raj With An Image Of Punam Raut
Virat Kohli is a known admirer of the Indian women's cricket team. He had even wished the team before the start of the ICC Women's World Cup, being held in England. So it came as a massive surprise when Kohli committed a major blunder while congratulating women's captain Mithali Raj for becoming the highest run-getter in ODI cricket. Mithali created history when she shattered the record of most runs by an individual player in women's ODIs on Wednesday. Wishes came pouring in for the Indian star and among the well-wishers was a certain Virat Kohli, who posted a message for Mithali on Facebook. However, the Men in Blue captain mistakenly used Punam Raut's picture in the post. Kohli, though, was quick to realise his mistake and deleted the post soon after.
Virat Kohli posts Punam Raut's image while congratulating Mithali Raj— Yash (@AficionadoYash) July 13, 2017
Lauding the efforts of the bowlers, she added, “I think the bowlers did a great job. If you’re aiming to be in the top 4 teams in the world, it is very important that you come back strong after a couple of defeats. It was important for the girls to come back strong, all firing.”
Meanwhile, Rajeshwari Gaekwad also expressed happiness over her performance and said, “I was happy that the team is winning. Not upset because I didn’t get a game so far. Got my chance today and happy that I delivered. I have been doing normal stuff, just trying to stick to my strengths. It was fun carrying drinks all along thus far. This is the best performance of my career. I always got four-fers, but never a fifer. So I would rate this as my best.”
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