Mithali Raj
For many, Mithali is the “Tendulkar of Indian women’s cricket”, as she is currently the all-time leading run-scorer for India in all formats, including Tests, ODIs, and T20Is. Mithali Raj hails from Rajasthan and regarded as the most successful Indian captain ever. Under her captaincy, the Indian team reached the 2005 women’s world cup final and won the test series in England. She is an Arjuna Award and Padma Shri winner and is considered the best female batsman of all times.
She made her One Day International debut in 1999 against Ireland scoring an unbeaten 114 runs. She made her Test debut in the 2001-02 season against South Africa at Lucknow. On 14 August 2002, a 19-year-old Mitali, in her third Test, broke Karen Rolton’s world’s highest individual Test score of 209* at that time, scoring a new high of 214 against England in the second and final Test at County Ground, Taunton.