Veteran batter Mithali Raj on Friday became the first Indian female cricketer and second internationally to complete 10,000 runs across all formats.
The 38-year-old Mithali, who leads the Indian ODI team, joins England’s Charlotte Edwards in the elite club.
Mithali achieved the feat with a boundary off Anne Bosch in the 28th over of India’s innings during the third ODI against South Africa in Lucknow.
Mithali Raj has amassed 663 runs in 10 Test matches with the best score of 214, while she has 6938 and 2364 runs from 212 ODIs and 89 T20 Internationals respectively.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar and many others took to Twitter to congratulate her for the feat.
What a champion cricketer! ????????
First Indian woman batter to score 10K international runs. ???? ????
Take a bow, @M_Raj03! ????????@Paytm #INDWvSAW #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/6qWvYOY9gC
— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) March 12, 2021
Heartiest congratulations Mithali on completing 1️⃣0️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ runs in International Cricket.
Terrific achievement… ????????
Keep going strong! ???????? pic.twitter.com/1D2ybiVaUt— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) March 12, 2021