Women's Day Special : Her grandparents didn't like her playing cricket,but Mithali Raj still became the captain of Indian Women's Cricket team

Mithali Raj is social media' favourite woman cricketer in India

What does it take to become a successful person? It's a question we want to ask to every successful person we meet or aim to be like. Mithali Raj is one such achiever. This firebrand of a captain of the Indian Women's Cricket team took India to the final of the world cup.

But her journey wasn't smooth.

Mithali revealed that as an Indian player she had travelled unreserved in a train.

Mithali Rajhighest run-scorer in women's international cricket and the only female cricketer to surpass the 6,000 run mark in ODIs

Yes, that's right. The woman who broke Twitter with her calm, batting, captaincy and her awesome self, who read a book before every match, had travelled unreserved in a train.

Speaking at the event, "We The Women", she said "There were a lot of struggles in my journey. Now we are under the BCCI, but that time (when women cricketers were not under the board), the normal basic facility which a sports person gets to play even (we did not get). As an India cricketer, I have travelled unreserved from Hyderabad to Delhi by train, as an India player,"(sic).

It was being moderated by noted journalist Barkha Dutt.

To which Dutt responded, "That would never happen to a man".

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— Indian Women Cricket (@BCCI_Women) July 13, 2017

"That's what Rahul Dravid said. He said he has never travelled in train as an India player, but I did. But those difficulties make us strong. As women we face so many challenges at an early stage, that when we mature and take up the challenges, we become so strong mentally, that we can do so many things, that we ourselves don't believe that we are capable of," 35-year-old Jodhpur-born Mithali added.

That was not the only problem Mithali faced as a female cricketer.

Mithali Raj is the first player to score 7 consecutive 50s in ODIs.

Her grandparents were not comfortable when she took up sports. People opposed her from every direction. In fact, since she is originally from South India, her grandparents could not understand why she, being a girl, wanted to play cricket. But her parents supported her all the way. She was shielded from all the negativity, and was encouraged to give her best.

On the occasion, Mithali presented a 'HER' award to Iqra Rasool, a budding cricketer from Jammu and Kashmir, who wants to become a pace bowler and is now training in Bengal.That's what make women like Mithali amazing-it is not merely basking in the glory of one's own success, but also encouraging other women who are struggling to e successful

You go girl!