{"id":86667,"date":"2022-05-08T20:23:27","date_gmt":"2022-05-08T14:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=86667"},"modified":"2022-05-08T20:23:27","modified_gmt":"2022-05-08T14:53:27","slug":"indian-womens-cricket-captain-mithali-raj-credits-her-father-for-initiating-her-into-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=86667","title":{"rendered":"Indian Women&#8217;s Cricket Captain Mithali Raj credits her Father for initiating\u00a0her into Cricket\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div><b style=\"color: #000000;\">Goa Khabar: <\/b><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mithali Raj &#8211; Indian Women&#8217;s Cricket Captain was in conversation with Sharlene Lobo, Anchor, Mirror Now at Goafest 2022 where Mithali, talking about her initiation into cricket said, \u201cThe very reason I got into cricket was my father.\u201d She fondly recollects her father enrolling her into sports to inculcate a sense of discipline. Taking that further, she also mentioned a time before her class 12 board exams, when her parents coaxed her to choose World Cup selections over examinations. &#8220;I am grateful\u00a0to have had the support of my family, teachers at school, in the initial years&#8221;, she said.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Discussing the rising profile of women\u2019s cricket in India, Mithali said, &#8220;There have been many improvements over the last decade, from training to accessible amenities and even access to sports psychologists&#8221;. She emphasized on the importance of nurturing a sports culture across India.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-86669\" src=\"https:\/\/goakhabar-com.preview.jikut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/08.05-1-300x270.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"883\" height=\"795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/08.05-1-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/08.05-1-1024x923.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/08.05-1-768x692.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/08.05-1-1536x1384.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/08.05-1-2048x1846.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 883px) 100vw, 883px\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mithali also described the feeling when India was eliminated while playing against South Africa in ICC Women&#8217;s World Cup 2022. Highlighting the importance of self-control over mental and emotional aspects of one&#8217;s being, she stressed the need for a strong and sturdy mindset.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A movie based on Mithali Raj called Shabaash Mithu is slated to release soon.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goa Khabar: Mithali Raj &#8211; Indian Women&#8217;s Cricket Captain was in conversation with Sharlene Lobo, Anchor, Mirror Now at Goafest 2022 where Mithali, talking about her initiation into cricket said, \u201cThe very reason I got into cricket was my father.\u201d She fondly recollects her father enrolling her into sports to inculcate a sense of discipline. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25169,"featured_media":86668,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3745,3741,3742,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","category-business","category-entertainment","category-7"],"read":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/25169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/86668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}