Mithali Raj’s Father Confident Of India Winning The World Cup
Jul 22, 2017 at 3:46 PM
The Indian Women’s team is on the verge of creating history when they will meet hosts England in the final of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 at Lord’s. Speaking on the final, Mithali Raj’s father Drai Raj was of the opinion that the Indian team has the power to lift the World Cup for the very first time in history.
“This is the second time after 2005 that we’ve got a chance to play in the World Cup final. The team was captained by Mithali back then as well. The team performed well that time but lost to Australia. Her career is drawing to a close, so she has a great chance to win the cup now,” Mithali’s father was quoted as saying by ANI.
He emphasised on the fact that despite tomorrow being one of the greatest days in Mithali’s life, she has never been overconfident in her life before.
“I don’t think that Mithali will be overconfident. She has been in these situations before and she’ll be calm and study her opponents before playing them,” he said.
He feels that the result of tomorrow’s encounter might change the face of Indian Women’s cricket forever.
“They’ll have to put in their best. If they do so, they will go down in history as the men’s team of 1983.” India defeated the mighty Aussies in the Semi final by a whopping 36 runs to enter their 2nd final in World Cups.
The Indian girls have played some terrific brand of cricket in the tournament so far and began with 4 back to back victories against England, Windies, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. In the first two matches, it was Smriti Mandhana who took the tournament by storm with her sensational strokeplay in the first two matches and was followed by centuries by Punam Raut and Mithali Raj against Australia and New Zealand respectively.
Against the Kiwis Vea Krishnamurthy also smashed a 45 balls 70 which propelled India to a challenging score. In the semi final it was a one woman show as Harmanpreet Kaur made light work of the Aussie bowlers and remained unbeaten on a monumental 171 of a mere 115 deliveries, an innings laced with 20 fours and 7 big sixes.