Mithali Raj, who became India’s highest run-scorer in T20Is among both male and female cricketers, has set her sights on a maiden title at the ongoing ICC Women’s World T20 2018. Mithali struck a composed fifty to guide India to a 52-run win against Ireland women in a Group B match at the Providence Stadium, Guyana, on Thursday.
“This team has definitely improved a lot from the last World Cup. A lot of young girls in the team and they want to change the approach in T20s, and I definitely want them to win the World Cup,” Mithali said.
“You are prepared for 2-3 shots for one delivery and you try and innovate your game to suit the format, you only need to clear the infield in the powerplay to get boundaries and it’s something I’ve worked on and I’m sure that I’ll keep scoring runs for India,” she added.
Having already surpassed India skipper Virat Kohli and vice-captain Rohit Sharma, the 35-year-old went past men’s leading T20I run-scorer New Zealand’s Martin Guptill as well with the help of a 51-run knock off 56 balls on Thursday.
