Twitter reacts to yet another masterpiece from Mithali Raj, also lauds Veda

Before the start of India-New Zealand clash, Mithali Raj and her team were in a spot of bother, after losing their winning momentum in the last couple of matches. From number two on the table, India Women’s team dropped two places to number four, due to their losses in recent matches against Australia and South Africa. With the objective of winning against White Ferns today, Mithali Raj lost the toss but gave a firm reply to the Kiwis with yet another century in ODI Cricket. Veda Krishnamurthy also played her part with her quickfire innings.

The Indian team was precariously placed at 21-2, losing there in form openers, Poonam Raut and Smriti Mamdhana cheaply, However, Mithali Raj played yet another memorable innings under pressure, along with the help of Harmanpreet Kaur and Veda Krishnamurthy. India managed to put on 265 runs powered by Raj’s 109. Harmanpreet Kaur took India out of trouble with her knock of 60 runs, smashing seven b0undaries in her inning.

Veda Krishnamurthy entertained one and all with her explosive knock of 70 off just 45 balls. She scored her runs at a strike rate of 155, smashing seven boundaries and two sixes. Raj recently overtook Charlotte Edwards tally of runs in ODI cricket and also scaled the 6000 ODI run mark. She is presently the highest run getter in Women’s ODI Cricket.

Twitteratti was set ablaze as people started to compare her stature with the likes of Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar. That said, the feminists’ strata of the community wanted one and all to know about Mithali’s individualism and that her stature cannot be compared to men. In short, people wanted to rephrase the slogan from ‘Virat or Sachin of Women’s Cricket’ with ‘Mithali Raj of Cricket’. Let us look at the various tweets which hail the contribution of Raj in Indian Cricket.

Here are some of the selection

Mithali Raj#INDvNZ #WWC17 pic.twitter.com/rv4rrFeOcI

— Dhaval Maraskolhe (@Dhaval750) July 15, 2017

Mithali Raj is now the 1st Woman to score 10 ODI fifties in a calendar year. She breaks Ellyse Perry's 9 fifties (2016) record. #WWC17

— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) July 15, 2017

Mithali 'Consistent' Raj has brought her A+ game to the park again…let's finish strongly from here @BCCIWomen #WWC17

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) July 15, 2017

Mithali Raj looking good. Like the strike rate too.?#WWC17 #INDvNZ

— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) July 15, 2017

What a magnificent innings from Indian skipper. Truly called run machine for the consistency. Absolute class Mithali Raj

— Nazeer Iqbal (@hellonazeer) July 15, 2017

Superb 100 by Run Machine Mithali @M_Raj03 #WWC17 pic.twitter.com/k2PwnwP1bA

— Mukul Palsule (@MukulPalsule) July 15, 2017

Centurian King – Sachin Tendulkar

Centurian Queen – Mithali Raj

India have both Centurian King & Queen.#MeraDeshMahan #ProudIndian pic.twitter.com/tZwO2AA0BY

— Sachin Tendulkar FC (@SachinsLovers) July 15, 2017

Our captain, Mithali Raji, leads from the front… Scores a century and sets a strong foundation for Veda to play the blitz.. Good score..

— Kapilan B (@bkapilan) July 15, 2017

The match that really counts #IndvNZ @M_Raj03 & @vedakmurthy08 accelerate well at the backend to set a target of 266. Winner goes into semi

— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93) July 15, 2017

What a captains knock from @M_Raj03 ?Not to forget the impact innings from Veda Krishnamurthy?C'mon @BCCIWomen we can win this? #WWC17

— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) July 15, 2017

Congrats Mithali Raj On 50 Half Centuries. You Have Made Made Us Proud. #MithaliRaj #INDvNZ #INDWvNZW pic.twitter.com/bjlmBTNexM

— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) July 15, 2017

Mithali Raj looks fluent and elegant with her drives thru the off side. Sounding sweet of the bat #INDvNZ @cricketworldcup @DerbyshireCCC

— Anjum Chopra (@chopraanjum) July 15, 2017

Mithali Raj registers her 6th ODI century of her career. This means she still has 49 scores in the 50s (50-99)#IndvNZ#WWC17

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) July 15, 2017

Virat kohli is Mithali raj of men's cricket. #wwc17 #indvsnz

— Siddhant Poladiya (@mr__funnybones) July 15, 2017