Indian fans cheer as Mithali Raj becomes the highest run-getter in T20Is

Mithali Raj now has 2283 runs for India in T20Is from 85 matches at an average of 37.42 and strike rate of 96.57.

• By: Trends Desk
• New Delhi | November 16, 2018 05:29 PM IST
4 min read

Mithali Raj left behind Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli to score the most runs in T20Is.

The Indian team secured a place in the semi-finals of the Women’s World T20 with a 52-run win over Ireland, thanks in part, to a stellar effort by Mithali Raj. But it wasn’t just another half-century by Raj that got everyone talking. With her innings on Thursday, Raj went on to become the highest run-getter in T20Is, surpassing Rohit Sharma and even Indian men’s team captain Virat Kohli.

With 2283 T20I runs so far, the 35-year-old is now ahead of Sharma and Kohli, who have scored 2207 and 2102 runs in T20Is respectively.

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As the news spread, ecstatic fans cheered for Raj.

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Raj has scored 17 fifties so far and her highest score ever in 85 matches so far is 97 runs. In 2017, Raj also became the top scorer in ODIs.

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