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Shabaash Mithu trailer takes Twitter by storm, fans hail Taapsee for stellar performance

Mithali Raj is an iconic figure of Indian cricket. The official teaser of the cricketer's biopic was received warmly on Twitter.

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Shabaash Mithu trailer takes Twitter by storm, fans hail Taapsee for stellar performance

Taapsee Pannu (image source : Twitter)

Mithali Raj is already a legend in the field of cricket. She has been playing for India for 23 years now. Mithali has led the Indian Women’s team to the World Cup finals twice, in 2005 and 2017. She is currently leading the team in the Women’s World Cup 2022. This World Cup is the sixth for Mithali, a feat achieved only by Javed Miandad and Sachin Tendulkar. Besides this, she has numerous records to her name. 

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She is the only Women’s cricketer to cross 7,000 runs in the ODI format, the first batter to score seven straight half-centuries, first-ever player from India to score 2,000 T20I runs, first Women’s cricketer to score 2,000 runs in T20I career and youngest player to score a Test double hundred.

The fans surely deserve to witness the ups and downs of such an illustrious career. So, the Viacom 18 production house has come up with a project to tell the cricketer’s story. The production house has entrusted the directorial duty of the renowned Bengali director and screenwriter Srijit Mukherjee.

Today, on 21st March, Bollywood actress Taapsee Pannu shared a 56-second trailer of Mithali Raj's biopic on her Twitter account. The film has been named ‘Shabaash Mithu”. Taapsee will be seen playing Mithali Raj on screen. Taapsee captioned the video as -"In this Gentlemen’s sport, she did not bother to rewrite history……instead she created HER STORY!”

Meanwhile, the fans were awestruck by Taapsee's acting skills in the trailer and praise her for a brilliant effort. 

Immediately after the teaser was released from Taapsee’s account fans started liking it. Comments section of the post got flooded with #Shabaash Taapsee  as the fans praised the actor's screen presence.

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