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Indian women skipper, Mithali Raj, has gifted a bat to Bollywood actress Soha Ali Khan’s daughter, ‘Inaaya’.

Saif Ali Khan’s sister, Soha Ali Khan, took to her Twitter handle to thank Mithali Raj.

Soha said she couldn’t wait to see her daughter play with the same bat. Furthermore, Soha Ali Khan said Mithali Raj is an inspiration for all of us.

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Mithali Raj. (Photo by Harry Trump-IDI/IDI via Getty Images)

Meanwhile, Mithali Raj is the only batswoman to score more than 6000 runs in the ODI format. The talismanic batter has scored 6373 runs in her long career of 194 One Day Internationals. She averages a staggering 50.18 in the 50-overs format.

Furthermore, the veteran batsman also became the first women cricketer to score 2000 runs in the shortest format of the game.

The experienced campaigner has scored 2123 runs in the 77 T20Is for the Indian team. Raj has also played ten Test matches for the Indian team in which she has scored 663 runs.

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Therefore, Mithali Raj is often called the Sachin Tendulkar of Indian Cricket. Thus, the Indian skipper is an inspiration to all the girls who try to take up any sport as their career.

Meanwhile, Soha Ali Khan gave his gratitude to Mithali Raj for the prestigious gift for her daughter. Soha post read as,

“Thank you so much @M_Raj03 for this very precious present for Inaaya!! Can’t wait for her to grow into it – until then we will be watching you continue to make India proud on the field ❤️??!!”.

Here is Soha Ali Khan post:

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