Records galore for Mithali Raj – She does India proud
Mithali Raj of India became the second woman batsman to total 5000 one day runs in the history of women one day internationals. She reached the land mark when she was on 52 during her knock of 81 not out against New Zealand woman at Bangalore on 06.07.15. The other batswoman to achieve this feat is CM Edwards of England who has an aggregate of 5829 runs. The performance of Mithali Raj against each opposition as of today read thus
| Opposition | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 0 |
| Aus Women | 26 | 26 | 4 | 657 | 86* | 29.86 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Eng Women | 47 | 42 | 10 | 1534 | 98 | 47.93 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
| Ire. Women | 7 | 6 | 3 | 335 | 114* | 111.66 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Neth Women | 1 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 51 | 51.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| NZl Women | 25 | 25 | 4 | 817 | 91* | 38.90 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Pak Women | 8 | 7 | 3 | 254 | 103* | 63.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| RSA Women | 9 | 8 | 1 | 216 | 69* | 30.85 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Srl Women | 20 | 15 | 11 | 701 | 108* | 175.25 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Win Women | 14 | 14 | 5 | 464 | 109* | 51.55 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 157 | 144 | 41 | 5029 | 114* | 48.82 | 5 | 37 | 4 |
One more record befell on Mithali Raj. She now owns the record of scoring most runs by a woman batsman on home soil. Her run aggregate at the end of this game read 2115. She went past CM Edward’s {England} aggregate of 2076. Mithali Raj had an aggregate of 2034 prior to the start of today’s game and needed 43 runs to gp past CM Edwards.
MIthali was set for one more record during her knock of 81 not out in today’s game. She became the third captain in the history of women one day games to total 2500 runs. She reached the land mark when she was on 38 during her knock of 81 not out in today’s game. Other captains to achieve this feat are – BJ Clarke of Australia {4150 and CM Edwards of England {3343}. Mithali Raj is the first Indian captain to total 2500 plus runs. The performance of these three captains are listed below
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 0 |
| BJ Clark | Aus Women | 101 | 97 | 9 | 4150 | 229* | 47.15 | 5 | 24 | 3 |
| CM Edwards | Eng Women | 111 | 101 | 16 | 3343 | 138 | 39.32 | 5 | 27 | 8 |
| M Raj | Ind Women | 80 | 72 | 24 | 2543 | 108* | 52.97 | 3 | 20 | 1 |
She became the fourth captain in the history of women one day games to total 1000 plus runs on home soil. She reached the land mark when she was on 77 during her knock of 81 not out in today’s game. Other captains to achieve this feat are – BJ Clarke of Australia {1185}, CM Edwards of England {1181} and EC Drumm of New Zealand {1024}. Mithali Raj is the first Indian captain to total 1000 plus runs. The performance of these four captains are listed below
| No | Player | Team | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 0 |
| 1 | BJ Clark | Aus Women | 25 | 25 | 2 | 1185 | 146* | 51.52 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| 2 | CM Edwards | Eng Women | 45 | 39 | 6 | 1181 | 108* | 35.78 | 1 | 12 | 3 |
| 3 | EC Drumm | NZl Women | 25 | 25 | 3 | 1024 | 116 | 46.54 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| 4 | M Raj | Ind women | 34 | 31 | 11 | 1004 | 104* | 50.20 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
Mithali Raj’s 81 in this game was her 20th half century in while leading India in one day games. She became the third captain to score 20 or more half centuries in the history of women one day internationals. Other two are – CM Edwards of England {27} and BJ Clarke of Australia {24}. Mithali Raj’s 20 half centuries are listed below
| No | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | 88 | 1 | v WI Women | Lucknow | 06 Mar 2004 |
| 2 | 86* | 2 | v Aus Women | Vadodara | 24 Dec 2004 |
| 3 | 52 | 2 | v NZ Women | Pretoria | 30 Mar 2005 |
| 4 | 91* | 1 | v NZ Women | Potchefstroom | 07 Apr 2005 |
| 5 | 65* | 2 | v Eng Women | Guwahati | 04 Dec 2005 |
| 6 | 50 | 1 | v Ire. Women | Dublin | 29 Jul 2006 |
| 7 | 66 | 1 | v Ire. Women | Dublin | 30 Jul 2006 |
| 8 | 59 | 2 | v Eng Women | Lord’s | 14 Aug 2006 |
| 9 | 73 | 1 | v Eng Women | Arundel | 19 Aug 2006 |
| 10 | 68* | 2 | v SL Women | Jaipur | 18 Dec 2006 |
| 11 | 55 | 1 | v Eng Women | Chennai | 05 Mar 2007 |
| 12 | 54 | 1 | v SL Women | Dambulla | 03 May 2008 |
| 13 | 62* | 1 | v Pak Women | Dambulla | 09 May 2008 |
| 14 | 66 | 1 | v SL Women | Kurunegala | 11 May 2008 |
| 15 | 53* | 1 | v Eng Women | Taunton | 01 Sep 2008 |
| 16 | 55* | 1 | v Eng Women | Taunton | 04 Sep 2008 |
| 17 | 94* | 2 | v Eng Women | Lord’s | 01 Jul 2012 |
| 18 | 92* | 1 | v Eng Women | Taunton | 05 Jul 2012 |
| 19 | 58 | 1 | v Eng Women | Truro | 08 Jul 2012 |
| 20 | 81* | 2 | v NZ Women | Bangalore | 06 Jul 2015 |
Mithali Raj’s 81 not out in today’s game was her 42nd fifty of her one day career. She now occupies the second place in the list of batswoman who have score most fifties in women one day internationals. The first place is occupied by CM Edwards of England who has scored 54 fifties. Mithali Raj went past KL Rolton of Australia who has scored 41 fifties, on her way to occupy the second position.