'Shabash Mithu' - A biopic on former Indian women's cricket team captain Mithali Raj

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'Shabash Mithu' is a biopic on former Indian women's cricket team captain and veteran cricketer Mithali Raj.

• Taapsee Pannu will be seen in the role of Mithali Raj in this film.

• The director of this film is Srijit Mukherjee and its story is written by Priya Aven.

• About Mithali Raj

• Mithali, who played her first international match on June 26, 1999, achieved many important achievements in her career spanning 23 years.

• He represented Team India in 12 Test matches, 232 ODIs and 89 T20Is in his career.

• He scored 7805 runs in one-day cricket with 7 centuries and 64 fifties, 699 runs in Test matches with 1 century and 4 fifties and 2364 runs in T20 cricket with 17 fifties.

• Records registered in the name of Mithali Raj

• Mithali Raj is the first female cricketer to play a record six World Cups.

• Mithali is also the only female cricketer to play 200 ODIs.

• She is the only female cricketer to score more than 7,000 runs in One Day Internationals.

• She is the first player to score 7 consecutive fifties in ODIs.

• Apart from this, she holds the record for most fifties in women's ODIs.

• She is also the first woman cricketer to score 2000 T20Is.

• She also holds the record for scoring the most 10,868 runs in women's cricket.