New Delhi: Indian ODI captain Mithali Raj said that she is ‘definitely looking’ at the ICC Women’s World Cup, which has been postponed to 2022 and also said that her eyes are fully fixed on the trophy.
Earlier on Friday (August 7), the International Cricket Council (ICC) postponed the World Cup which was fixed to be held in New Zealand in 2021, until February-March 2022 because of the impact of COVID-19 globally.
Following the decision, cricketer-turned-commentator Lisa Sthalekar tweeted, “Whilst this is never great news to wake up to. I can understand the reasons why given the lack of cricket in some countries. I just hope those players who were planning to retire after the World Cup can hold on for one year…right Mithali Raj, Jhulan Goswami and Rachael Haynes.”
Oh absolutely , my eyes are fixed firmly on the trophy 🏆. with all niggles recovered , mind and body fresh and stronger than before I am definitely looking at World Cup 2022 .
— Mithali Raj (@M_Raj03) August 8, 2020
To this Mithali replied, “Oh absolutely, my eyes are fixed firmly on the trophy. With all niggles recovered, mind and body fresh and stronger than before, I am definitely looking at World Cup 2022.”
Mithali had led India to the final of the 2017 World Cup where they lost to England by nine runs. In December 2017, she was named in the ICC Women’s ODI Team of the Year.
The right-handed cricketer, one of India’s greatest female batter, has so far scored 6888 runs in 209 ODIs, 663 runs in 10 Tests and 2364 runs in 89 T20Is. The 2015 Padma Shri awardee, Mithali has already retired from T20I last year and now hopes to win India their maiden World Cup for which she will have to wait until 2022.
