Hyderabad: An era in women's cricket, which spanned more than two decades, came to a 'reluctant' end on Wednesday as Hyderabad's Mithali Raj announced her retirement from all forms of the game.
Mithali has set several records in her illustrious career and her aggregate of 10,868 international runs in 333 matches - ODIS, Tests and T20I-will take some beating. With most runs in women's cricket and the only Indian captain - man or woman to have led the side in two 50-over World Cup finals, the 39-year-old, however, retires without the World Cup trophy in her cabinet.
This deep desire to be a World Cup winner was what forced Mithu, as she's fondly called by family and friends, to push all boundaries. She was reluctant to call it quits without fulfilling her dream but "like all journeys, this one too must come to an end" as she noted in the retirement message, which she tweeted.
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