{"id":3837,"date":"2022-06-08T14:39:51","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T09:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=227370"},"modified":"2022-06-08T14:39:51","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T09:09:51","slug":"indian-cricketer-mithali-raj-retires-from-all-forms-of-international-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/indian-cricketer-mithali-raj-retires-from-all-forms-of-international-cricket\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Cricketer Mithali Raj retires from all forms of International cricket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mithali Raj, who last played her world cup a few months earlier, has to end up her career without an ICC trophy as the former Indian captain announced her retirement from international cricket on Wednesday. She played for 23 years and stood as one of the most formidable women cricketers in India. Mithali has enjoyed her batting and her results have made her the highest scorer in women\u2019s international cricket. In September 2019, she retired from T20Is and now announced her official announcement to retire from all forms of international cricket through Mithali Raj.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you for all your love & support over the years!<br \/>I look forward to my 2nd innings with your blessing and support. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OkPUICcU4u\">pic.twitter.com\/OkPUICcU4u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mithali Raj (@M_Raj03) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/M_Raj03\/status\/1534454266324205568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Considered to be one of the most influential cricketers and enjoying her legacy as the most reliable batter and skipper for the Indian women\u2019s cricket team, Mithali\u2019s absence would mean a bigger space to be filled in the Indian cricket women\u2019s team. Her message read:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt was an honor to have led the team for so many years. It definitely shaped me as a person & hopefully helped shape Indian Women\u2019s Cricket as well. This journey may have ended but another one beckons as I\u2019d love to stay involved in the game I love and contribute to the growth of Women\u2019s Cricket in India and the world over,\u201d she further mentioned.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian woman cricketer, Mithali Raj, who has had a 23-years of phenomenal cricketing journey while playing for India, announced her retirement from international cricket on Wednesday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":272,"featured_media":25596,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1245,937],"class_list":["post-3837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","tag-indian-womens-cricket-team","tag-mithali-raj"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/272"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}