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Mithali Raj indicates retirement from cricket after 2022
India’s women’s ODI captain Mithali Raj indicated that she might say goodbye to cricket after 50-over World Cup in 2022, after 21 illustrious years in international cricket. The 38-year-old Mithali, the finest woman cricketer that India has ever produced, also said that she is seriously looking for some good seam bowling options for the lively New Zealand tracks that will be on offer next year. Mithali gave the hint during a virtual book launch On Saturday. Mithali, the only batsman in women’s cricket with more than 7000 ODI runs, also spoke about how she had to keep herself motivated during the COVID-19 times which also pushed the global event by one year. She said, “I know we are in difficult times but it takes a lot out of me to keep working on my fitness. I am not getting any younger I am getting older and I know the importance of fitness,” Indian women are set to play four bilateral series, away tours in England, Australia, and New Zealand, and a home series against West Indies, scheduled to be held in between. “Every tour (from now on) is important for me as a batsman as to how I am going to get the team to regroup and build a team for the World Cup,” she said.
