FULL NAME Mithali Dorai Raj BORN December 3, 1982 NATIONALITY Indian ROLE Captain, Batswoman
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She is a Bharatanatyam dancer.
Mithali’s mom, Leela, phrases Mithali’s entry into cricket as an entire coincidence. As she grew up, she adopted her brother, Mithun, in no matter he used to do.
Quickly, she began creating an curiosity in cricket by accompanying her brother to his 6 am teaching class at St. John’s Cricket Academy, Secunderabad.
Whereas Mithun and different boys practised, Mithun’s coach Jyoti Prasad would typically play a facet sport of cricket with the six-year-old Mithali for a time cross.
Jyoti Prasad recognised cricket expertise of Mithali Raj and urged to her father that he ought to focus on Mithali as an alternative of his son. Jyoti even urged her dad and mom a coach of Nationwide Institute of Sports activities named Sampath Kumar.
Thereafter, she joined Sampath Kumar’s ladies’ cricket sports activities Glory Membership for about 2 months, the place he observed her.
Mithali’s dad and mom didn’t take Sampath Kumar critically when he advised them that Mithali had the potential to play for the nation. Sampath was so assured about Mithali’s expertise that he additional advised her dad and mom,
Mithali is playing-for-the-country materials. I, as a coach, I can take the problem. However as dad and mom, I would like you guys additionally then solely I can work on it… I’ll need her to play for the nation when she’s 14 years.
Sachin Tendulkar had a file, so why not we make this woman?”
On the age of 9, she was chosen to play for the state within the sub-junior match below the mentorship of Sampath Kumar. She was the youngest to take action.
Mithali performed her first match outdoors her hometown when she was chosen for sub-juniors and was anticipated to journey to Jalandhar, 2000 km away.
Thereafter, she began going out and in of her residence for greater than 15 to twenty days a month, travelling each a part of the nation.
After sub-juniors, she went on to be chosen for the junior and senior crew, successively.
At each stage, Mithali’s dad and mom stood beside her, her mom resigned from her job to handle Mithali’s meals and when her coach requested his dad and mom to not make Mithali journey by public transport, her mom drove her to follow on two-wheelers.
When the World Cup 1997 was approaching, Mithali, on the age of 14, was chosen as a possible. Nevertheless, she couldn’t make it to the crew.
She then started representing the home groups, first AIR India, then railways.
When Mithali made her ODI debut, sadly, her coach wasn’t there to see his prediction come true as he had died in an accident 2 years earlier than.
Her old flame was dance, however she selected cricket over it. She did Bharatanatyam until her class 8.
