India Women vs South Africa Women: Mithali Raj to become the first female cricketer to score 7,000 runs in ODIs.

Mithali Raj became the first woman cricketer to score 7,000 runs in ODIs on Sunday during the fourth match against South Africa Women. Mithali, who is the leading run scorer in the women’s ODI matches, added another milestone to her name. She went on to surpass 7,000 runs in her ongoing fourth ODI match in Lucknow during her partnership with Punam Raut. He needed 26 runs to go to Landmark on Sunday. During the last game against South Africa, she also became the first Indian woman to score 10,000 runs in international cricket, and the second in the world.

Great Mithali! #Temindia ODI captain became the first female cricketer to score ODI runs.

What an artist he is! @ M_Raj03 @Paytm #INDWvSAW pic.twitter.com/qDa6KZymlg

– BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) March 14, 2021

Mithali was dismissed by Tumi Sekhune for 45 in the match.

Mithali Raj is far ahead of former England cricketer Charlett Edwards in the list of women ODI runners. Edwards had scored 5,992 runs in ODIs in almost two decades in his career.

Edwards still remains the leading run-scorer in women’s international cricket with 10,273 runs, but Mithali Raj will also have her sights on that landmark.

Mithali Raj is playing her 213rd ODI. The 38-year-old made her debut against the women of Ireland in 1999.

He has scored 54 fifties – also a record among women – and seven centuries.

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Her highest score was 125 against Sri Lanka Women in 2018.

Mithali, who has represented India in 89 T20Is, announced his retirement from the shortest format of the game in September 2019. Mithali has scored 17 half-centuries in T20s, scoring 97 runs.