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Mithali Raj

Former captain of the India women's cricket team; all-time leading run-scorer in women's international cricket.

Mithali Raj is among the most accomplished cricketers in the history of the women's game. She captained the India women's cricket team for over a decade, and on retirement in 2022 held the record for the most runs in women's international cricket - more than 10,000 runs across formats. She is the only woman to have captained India in two ICC Women's Cricket World Cup finals (2005 and 2017).

She has been awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the Padma Shri, and the Arjuna Award, and her story featured in the 2022 Hindi biopic Shabaash Mithu.

On stage, Raj speaks on building women's cricket in India over two decades - from sparse infrastructure to the Women's Premier League - and on the quiet craft of captaining long-format sport.

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  • Building women's cricket over two decades
  • Captaincy in long-format sport
  • Platforms, visibility, and the next generation
  • Discipline and longevity
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