Meeting Amitabh Bachchan was an astounding experience: Mithali Raj

Indian women’s captain Mithali Raj is in the news for all the right reasons. From shutting up a journalist, on being asked a sexist question, to trolling back a Twitterati recently. A few weeks back, she shared the screen with Bollywood director Karan Johar and was praised by Shah Rukh Khan too. Therefore, it was not a surprise to see the Indian skipper getting quizzed by none other than  ‘Big B’ Amitabh Bachchan in the latest installment of ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati 9’.

Champions on the hot seat

Mithali along with her team-mates  Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Punam Raut, Veda Krishnamurthy, Jhulan Goswami and Deepti Sharma were present at the show. Each player got a chance to play the game, while the final winning amount was donated to the Prayas Institute for Social Development, Hyderabad. Mithali was awestruck on meeting the legendary actor.

“Meeting Mr. Bachchan was an astounding experience! Despite knowing that I was going to be spending time with him on the shoot, when I finally found myself standing before him I was awestruck. And anyone would be because he has such a beautiful and magnanimous presence,” Mithali said in a statement.

The right-handed batter is aware of the feat which she and her team have achieved, and the difference it has made in Indian cricket. She understands the rewards that comes in along with criticism.“For self-growth, criticism is important and we have to remain consistent in our performance(s) Women’s cricket grew in stature, but we lacked in getting a response from the audience and increasing fan following as we didn’t really do well in ICC tournaments. We know that World Cup is the only tournament we can look up (to) because that is the only stage where we can make a difference to the sport of India. We did it by showing our best performance” She said. The episode of “Kaun Banega Crorepati 9” featuring the Indian women cricketers will be aired on Friday