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Virat Kohli toasts Mithali Raj on social media but not without an Oops! moment

Kohli took to the social media to congratulate Mithali Raj on her achievement but did a goof up in the process.

July 13, 2017 / 15:56 IST
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Kohli’s first brush with professional cricket came at the age of 9 when his late father Prem Kohli took his two sons to the West Delhi Cricket Academy to coach Rajkumar Sharma who groomed the young Kohli. Sharma saw a special talent in Kohli who would go on to make his first-class debut in Novermber 2006. (Image: Reuters)

Indian captain Virat Kohli congratulated his women's team counterpart Mithali Raj on becoming the highest run scorer in Women's One Day Internationals, on Wednesday.

Raj had earlier in the day crossed the 6,000-run mark to surpass England's Charlotte Edwards' record of 5992 runs in the format.

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According to a report in The Financial Express, Kohli took to the social media to congratulate Raj on her achievement but managed a goof-up in the process.

The 28-year-old Indian captain used a picture of women's team opener Punam Raut in the Facebook post instead of Raj's.