Mithali Raj Receives Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2021 From President of India (Check Picture and Video)
Mithali Raj is the leading run-scorer in women's international cricket and she has been one of the longest-serving players in Indian women's cricket. Her career started in 1999. She is also the only cricketer to score 7000 runs in women's ODIs.
Indian women's team Test and ODI team captain Mithali Raj was conferred the prestigious Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award by Ram Nath Kovind, the President of India in a ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Saturday, November 13. Raj notably became the first woman's cricketer to win this award.
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President Kovind confers Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, 2021 on Ms Mithali Raj in recognition of her outstanding achievements in Cricket.
· Highest run-scorer in Women's International Cricket
· Only woman cricketer to surpass the 7000 run mark in Women's ODI matches pic.twitter.com/oc3mpiUy8R
— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) November 13, 2021
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Leading run-getter in women's international cricket 👍
First woman to score 7000 ODI runs 👏
A proud moment for @M_Raj03 as she becomes the first woman cricketer to be conferred with the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award by the President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind. 🇮🇳 👏 🙌 pic.twitter.com/zyFyYiv790
— BCCI (@BCCI) November 14, 2021
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