ICC Women’s World Cup: Mithali Raj’s sensational form continues as India heading towards a big score

Mithali Raj could not slice huge before the game against Australia and was glancing for phase.Mithali Raj scored a striking half-century against Australia in the 18th match of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2022.

Mithali Raj scored a striking half-century against Australia in the 18th match of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2022. This is the 63rd half-century of Mithali’s ODI pursuit.

At the exact moment, she has parallelled retired New Zealand player Debbie Hockley in the roster of players who have sliced the ample 50 runs in the World Cup. Both these players now have the history of slicing more than 50 runs in an innings 12 times in the World Cup. Mithali’s half-century appeared at an important moment when Team India was in difficulty.

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Mithali Raj could not slice huge before the game against Australia and was glancing for phase. Before this game, she was also receiving a bunch of critique. But this stunning innings against Australia has bestowed a befitting answer to the analysts of the sport and has also told that she is a player of the huge arena.

Mithali Raj arrived to bat when Team India lost 2 wickets for 28. Mandhana 4 and Shefali went back to the dugout after slicing 12 runs. Mithali then used her experience to formulate a century coalition for the third wicket with Yastika Bhatia and carried the squad out of difficulty. Yashtika also attained her half-century during this moment. She became the prey of Darcy Brown by slicing 59 runs.

She is being supported by vice-captain Harmanpreet Kaur, who is glimpsed in terrific form in this World Cup. India scored 260 runs for the loss of 6 wickets.