Shabaash Mithu First Look Poster: Taapsee Pannu's Knock out look as cricketer Mithali Raj.

Taapsee Pannu is all set to play renowned Indian cricketer Mithali Raj in her biopic titled, Shabaash Mithu. The actor shared the first look as the cricketer on social media and wrote, “I have always been asked who’s your favorite male cricketer but you should ask them who their favorite female cricketer is.” The statement that made every cricket lover pause and introspects that do they love the game or the gender playing it. @M_Raj03 you are a ‘Game Changer.”

“I have always been asked who’s your favourite male cricketer but you should ask them who their favourite female cricketer is.” The statement that made every cricket lover pause n introspect that do they love the game or the gender playing it.@M_Raj03 you are a ‘Game Changer’ pic.twitter.com/2VlxYpXmSM

— taapsee pannu (@taapsee) January 29, 2020

Mithali Raj is the former captain of the Indian women’s national cricket team in Tests and ODIs. She is the highest run-scorer in women’s international cricket and the only female cricketer to surpass the 6,000 run mark in WODIs.

Shabaash Mithu is being directed by Rahul Dholakia and is backed by Viacom18 Studios. It will hit theatres on February 5, 2021.