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India’s ODI captain Mithali Raj will be 39 when the Women’s World Cup is played in 2020, but the heavy hitter is not worried about the tournament postponement due to the new coronavirus pandemic.

The International Cricket Council announced on Friday that The Women’s World Cup would be postponed until February 2022 due to the pandemic. The twelfth edition of the main over 50 tournaments was scheduled to take place from February 6 to March 7 in New Zealand, but the delay in the resumption of women’s cricket has forced it to be postponed.

“The ICC 2021 Women’s Cricket World Cup in New Zealand was postponed until February March 2022 due to the impact the pandemic has had on cricket globally,” the ICC said in a statement.

India is among the 5 teams, including host New Zealand, that have qualified for the Women’s World Cup. The ICC said that all qualified teams will maintain their status while the qualification tournament to decide the other 3 teams were postponed until 2021.

Mithali Raj retired from T20I cricket in 2019 to focus on preparing for the Women’s World Cup, but the delay has raised questions about her future in international cricket. 37-year-old Raj, along with legendary pacer Jhulan Goswami, 37, was expected to finish their glorious careers after the World Cup in New Zealand.

Mithali Raj, who made her ODI debut in 1999, led India to the final of the Women’s World Cup in 2017. She took to social media on Friday shortly after the ICC made the announcement, saying she sees positives in delay.

“There is always something positive to take out of any situation, in this case too, I say more time for planning and preparations. Same vision, same goal # WorldCup2020,” said Mithali Raj, who has turned 21 in international cricket. Send.

Speaking to India Today in March, Mithali Raj had said winning the World Cup with India will be his dream.

“Well, I will definitely give it a try because, after the 2017 World Cup, the Indian team is doing well in the ODIs. Out of the 6 series, we have won all 5 series. So I think it’s credible. momentum, Having won the World Cup, I see myself playing the 2021 World Cup, “Mithali had said.

The captain added: “I want to see India as No. 1. I have been unlucky to finish No. 2 in the World Cup.”

Mithali Raj has not played international cricket since an ODI series against the women of the West Indies in November 2019. She will return to action in the Women’s T20 Challenge, which is scheduled to take place in November in the United Arab Emirates alongside the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020.