India skipper Mithali Raj on Sunday turned the first batswoman to full 7,000 runs in ODIs. Mithali achieved the feat within the ongoing fourth ODI towards South Africa on the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.
Playing in her 213th ODI for India, she reached the milestone mark as she accomplished her twenty sixth run of the innings on Sunday.
The 38-year-old is already the most-capped ODI participant within the historical past of women’s cricket. In the final recreation, Mithali turned the first Indian girl to full 10,000 runs throughout all codecs. She is just the second girl to attain 10,000 runs in worldwide cricket.
Former England skipper Charlotte Edwards was the first girl to achieve this. She is the main run-getter throughout format with 10,273 runs.
In the fourth ODI, the guests gained the toss and requested India to bat first. India dropped Jemimah Rodrigues after three single-digit scores, which meant the first alternative within the collection for opener Priya Punia. Jhulan Goswami was handed a relaxation due to a minor hand harm, paving the best way for an ODI debut for left-arm spinning allrounder Radha Yadav, who during the last two years has turn out to be considerably of an everyday in T20Is.
South Africa saved religion in the identical XI that took them 2-1 up within the collection on Friday
Meanwhile, Punam Raut and Harmanpreet Kaur performed knocks of 104 and 54 respectively as India scored 266/4 within the allotted fifty overs towards South Africa within the fourth ODI of the five-match collection.
