Domestic career

Domestic career

Playing for Railways in the domestic competition, Mithali began by playing with stars like Purnima Rau, Anjum Chopra and Anju Jain for Air India.^{[citation needed]}

Cricket performance[

• Mithali Raj held the record for the highest individual score by an Indian Woman Cricketer in a World Cup match (91 notout of 104 deliveries which included 9 fours) against NewZealand in Women's World Cup 2005.^[3] Harmanpreet Kaur overtook Mithali Raj by scoring a century 107 from 109 balls in second match of ICC Women's World Cup 2013 against England.

Awards

• 2003 – Arjuna award, by the Government of India in recognition of her achievement in sports.^[4]
• 2015 – Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award