Amidst the news of IPL Auction 2022, Mithali Raj has raised her career to a new level. Raj has made such a record, which took Sachin Tendulkar more than 22 years to make.
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Mithali Raj has made countless records
Mithali Raj The name in Indian women’s cricket is a story in itself. Mithali Raj, who has made countless records like the century in the debut match, the most runs scored at the youngest, has silently broken the record of Sachin Tendulkar. Which took him more than 22 years to make. It is a different matter that this record was not discussed anywhere in the glare of IPL Auction 2022. Now the record of the longest career in ODI cricket is now in the name of Mithali Raj.
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Mithali Raj’s ODI career
Mithali Raj made her India debut on June 26, 1999 and has the 2nd longest career with only Sachin Tendulkar (22 years 91 days) having a longer career both across men’s and women’s cricket. No other cricketer has been active in international cricket for as long as 22 years.
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When Mithali Raj landed on the field against New Zealand on 12 February, her ODI career became 22 years 231 days. With this, she became the first person whose ODI career is more than 22 years and 100 days.
Longest Careers in both men’s and women’s cricket
Earlier, the record of Longest Careers in both men’s and women’s cricket was in the name of Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin’s ODI career is 22 years 91 days. But Mithali has now left Sachin behind. Now only the longest record of men’s cricket remains in the name of Sachin. Sachin played the first ODI match on 18 December 1989 and the last ODI match on 18 March 2012.
