Wishes Pour In For Mithali Raj As She Gets To 10,000 Run Mark

Known as the "Sachin Tendulkar of Indian women's cricket" for the longevity of her career, Mithali Raj became only the second woman player in the world and the first from India to get to 10,000 in

Edulji says Raj's biggest quality is her temperament and patience.

"Temperament, patience, and determination to stay at the wicket and score runs. She had a big appetite for runs," added Edulji while speaking to IANS. "Off the field, she used to love sleeping. That was her best pastime."

Raj has played plenty of great innings throughout her career. Her greatest Test knock was back in 2002 when she made 214 at Taunton against England. That is her only Test hundred apart from four fifties.

But it is in the ODIs that she has an enviable record - scoring seven centuries and 54 half-centuries in 212 matches.

In T20Is also, she has scored 17 half-centuries in 89 matches.

Sachin Tendulkar too tweeted on the milestone.

"Heartiest congratulations Mithali on completing 10,000 runs in International Cricket. Terrific achievement... (Emoticon: clapping hands). Keep going strong," tweeted Tendulkar.

Tendulkar's former teammate V.V.S. Laxman also tweeted admiration for Raj.

"Congratulations @M_Raj03 on becoming the first Indian Woman Cricketer to score 10K runs! You are not only a great ambassador and a legend of the game but you have inspired a generation of cricketers to take up our sport. Proud of you. Thumbs up. #INDWvSAW @BCCI," tweeted Laxman.

Raj is India's all-time highest run-scorer in ODIs and T20Is and the fourth highest in Tests behind Sandhya Agarwal (1,110 runs), Shanta Rangaswamy (750), and Shubhangi Kulkarni (700).

Former England captain Edwards was the only woman to have scored more than 10,000 runs in international cricket before Raj.

Edwards, 41, retired from international cricket in May 2016 and later retired from all forms of the game in September 2017. She scored 5,992 runs in 191 ODIs, 2,605 runs in 95 T20Is and 1,676 runs in 23 Tests.