Mithali Raj regains number one spot in ICC ODI rankings

On Tuesday, Indian skipper Mithali Raj has reclaimed the number one spot in women's ODI rankings after three years in the three day match series against England. However, India has lost the series by 1-2 but Mithali (38) has hit a half-century in each of the match.

She scored 72 and 59 in the first two ODIs and gained 75 in the final match. As tweeted by ICC, "MRaj is the new no.1. In the latest MRF Worldwide ICC Women's ODI Player rankings for batting, the India skipper climbs to the top of the table."

It was in April 2005 that she reached the top position after scoring an unbeatable score of 91 against New Zealand. As reported by ESPN cric info, "I do read the criticism about my strike rate but as I've said earlier also, I don't seek validation from people," said Raj, the India Test and ODI captain.

"I look to not get bogged down because somewhere I do know that the top order is already in the dugout and it was important for me to understand the situation how I can manoeuvre and try to get the match as close as possible with the batters who are yet to come and the batters that I had in the middle. And I guess I need to give credit also to Sneh Rana because that partnership was very, very crucial. She kept her calm, which is very important in such situations", she added