Mithali Raj Leaves Behind Rohit Sharma to Become the Highest Run-Scorer in T20I Format for India

It was Mithali Raj’s blistering knock of 56 runs from 47 balls that led India to win the match by seven wickets against Pakistan at the ICC Women's World T20 yesterday. With her knocked she leapfrogged Hitman Rohit Sharma to become the highest run-scorer in the T20I format for India. Mithali Raj now has 2232 runs in her kitty as opposed to Rohit Sharma who till date has scored 2207 runs in 87 T20Is. It was last week, during the second T20I match that Sharma went on to become the highest run scorer for India. India vs Pakistan Video Highlights ICC Women's World T20 2018: Mithali Raj’s Fifty Guides India to 7-Wicket Victory

After winning the toss, India asked Pakistan to bat first and reduced the opponents to the total of 133 runs for the loss of seven wickets. Pakistani captain Javeria Khan scored 17 runs off 15 balls hitting three fours. Only Bismah Maroof and Nida Dar could score beyond 50 runs for their team. Dayalan Hemalatha and Poonam Yadav snapped a couple of wickets each. Mithali Raj and Smriti Mandhana jointly scored 73 runs for India. Mithali Raj went on to become the Man of the match.2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Schedule & Time Table Available for Download in PDF Format.

After the match, she said, “I don't know. By default, all my years I've been in the middle. So I enjoy being there and I would like to continue batting there. I enjoy opening. I enjoy batting No. 3. At the end of the day, I just enjoy batting. Chasing puts a little pressure, to keep up the run-rate, but that's is what I enjoy.” However, Harmanpreet Kaur was not very happy with the kind of fielding effort put up by the Indians.

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