10. Mithali Dorai Raj 

 

Mithali Dorai Raj was born on 3 December 1982. She is an Indian cricketer and the captain of the Indian Women's cricket team in Tests and ODI. Often regarded as one of the greatest cricketing batters to have ever played the game, she is the highest run-scorer in women's international cricket and the only female cricketer to surpass the 6,000-run mark in ODIs. She is the first player to score 7 consecutive 50s in ODIs. Mithali is the first captain (men or women) to lead India to an ICC ODI World Cup final twice; in 2005 and 2017. Raj has played both Test and One Day International cricket for India's women's cricket team. She was named among the probable’s in the 1997 women’s cricket world cup when she was just 14 but couldn't make it to the final squad. She made her One Day International debut in 1999 against Ireland at Milton Keynes and scored unbeaten 114 runs. She made her Test debut in the 2001–02 season against South Africa at Lucknow. On 17 August 2002, at the age of 19, in her third Test, she broke Karen Rolton’s record of world’s highest individual Test score of 209*, scoring a new high of 214 against England in the second and final Test at County Ground, Taunton. The record has since been surpassed by kiran Baluch of Pakistan who scored 242 against West Indies in March 2004. She led the Indian team to the finals in the 2005 women’s cricket world cup where the team lost to Australia. She is a part-time leg-break bowler as well. She is a recipient of the Arjuna award for the year 2003. She currently tops the batting table with 703 ratings. At the 2013 Women's World Cup, Mithali Raj was the No.1 Cricketer in the ODI chart among women. She scored 100s: 1 and 50s: 4 in Test cricket, 100s: 5 and 50s: 40 with best bowling of 3/4 in ODI's and 50s: 10 in T20's,in February 2017, she became the second player to make 5,500 runs in WODIs. Raj most matches captained player for India in ODI and T20I. In July 2017, she became the first player to make 6,000 runs in WODIs. She led the Indian team to the final of the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup where the team lost to England by nine runs. In December 2017, she was named as one of the players in the ICC Women's ODI Team of the Year. Mithali is nicknamed "Tendulkar of Indian women's cricket", as she is currently the all-time leading run-scorer for India in all formats, including Tests, ODIs and T20Is.During the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup, Raj scored her seventh consecutive half-century and made a record for most consecutive fifties by a player.