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SSC CGL 2022 PYQ — Question 27

SSC CGL - 18 April 2022 - Shift 3 • General Awareness • Q27

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Who among the following became the first Indian woman to score 10,000 runs in international cricket across all formats in March 2021?

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is option 1 i.e. Mithali Raj.

  • Mithali Raj is the woman with most runs in the game, and the only Indian captain - male or female - to have led the side to two 50-over World Cup finals, the only major distinction that eludes the incumbent ODI captain is the tag of a World Cup winner.
  • At 16, Raj scored an unbeaten 114 on ODI debut and soon established herself as the lynchpin of India's batting. 
  • n October 2019, Raj, at 36, became the first woman to complete two decades in ODI cricket.