Mithali Raj of India completes 10000 runs in her international career
Mithali Raj of India completed 10000 runs in her international career when he was on 35 during the course of her knock of 36 in the third one day game between India Women and South Africa Women at Lucknow on 12 Mar 21. At the end of the game her aggregate read 10001. She is the second woman cricketer to reach the milestone after England’s Charlotte Edwards. Edwards has an aggregate of 10273 runs in her international career.
The breakup of runs in Women’s tests, one day internationals and T20 internationals is furnished below. It interests to note that each of her aggregate in the three formats of the game is a record for most runs by an Indian women. Her 6974 runs on one day internationals is the most runs by a woman in the history of one day internationals.
She earned the distinction of becoming the first Indian woman cricketer to score 10000 plus runs across all the three international formats of the game
| Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | C | HC | 0 |
| Tests | 010 | 016 | 03 | 0663 | 214 | 1 | 04 | 02 |
| ODIs | 213 | 191 | 53 | 6974 | 125* | 7 | 54 | 06 |
| T20Is | 089 | 084 | 21 | 2364 | 097* | 0 | 17 | 05 |
| Total | 312 | 291 | 77 | 10001 | 125^ | 8 | 75 | 13 |
She needs 26 more runs to complete 7000 plus runs in ODIs. If she gets them, then she would earn the distinction of becoming the first woman cricketer to aggregate 7000 plus runs in ODIs