Actress Taapsee Pannu on Friday announced the release date of her much awaited film, ‘Shabaash Mithu’. The film is a biopic of Indian cricketer, Mithali Raj, which shows her zenith of success in her career. The film will hit theatres on July 15.
Shabaash Mithu is directed by Srijit Mukherji, and written by Priya Aven.
Sharing the poster, Taapsee wrote, “There is nothing more powerful than a girl with a dream and a plan to realise it! This is a story of one such girl who chased her dream with a bat in this “Gentleman’s Game”#ShabaashMithu The Unheard Story Of Women In Blue will be in cinemas on 15th July 2022.”
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To step into the shoes of Mithali Raj, Taapsee underwent special cricket training. The actress was delighted to shoot at the Lords Cricket Ground in London, UK and had shared photos while filming there.
Mithali Raj is the ODI captain of India women’s national cricket team. Raj is the highest run-scorer in women’s international cricket and she is considered to be one of the greatest female cricketers ever.
She is the only female cricketer to surpass the 7,000 run mark in Women’s One Day International matches. She is the first player to score seven consecutive 50s in ODIs. Raj also holds the record for most half-centuries in WODIs. In June 2018 during the 2018 Women’s Twenty20 Asia Cup, she became the first player from India (either male or female) to score 2000 runs in T20Is, and also became the first woman cricketer to reach 2000 WT20I runs. In 2019, she became the first woman to complete 20 years in international cricket.
Mithali Raj is the recipient of several national and international awards, including the Wisden Leading Woman Cricketer in the World in 2017, Arjuna Award in 2003, the Padma Shri in 2015, and Major Dhyanchand Khel Ratna in 2021, All by the Government of India.
