81 Quotes by Mithali Raj

Tamil is my mother tongue.

I speak Tamil well and I am proud to be living as a Tamil. but above it all, I am very proud Indian!

I am from a south Indian Tamilian family, so all my cousins are into academics and I alone was in sports.

But once you get accepted and are trained under the best coaches, these things really help boost your confidence level.

But growing as an India cricketer it was about the blue jersey and the pride we all felt wearing that jersey.

These youngsters are gaining experience and making use of the opportunities. At some point, it will help me be relieved of responsibility because World Cup is such a high pressure tournament.

The more you win, the brand of women's cricket will go higher.

When we left Mumbai to play in the World Cup there were hardly any journalists to see us off. But when we returned to India on July 25 having made the final, there were close to a hundred journalists at 2.30 in the morning. It was totally new.

I have always believed that against smaller teams is when you can give others a chance to get some runs and gain some confidence.