What can be better stress buster than reading a book? Mitali Raj proves it

Raj was seen reading the book before coming out to bat in several matches of the World Cup.

The Indian captain is in the news for a while because of her outstanding performance with the bat of late, but her reading habit is a new trend on social media.

In the first match of the World Cup, Raj was seen to be reading a book, sitting at the boundary line, trying to calm herself before going out to bat.

A video was shared in the official Instagram profile of ICC, which reads: "Cool and calm as you can get!"

When asked about her reading habit, Raj said: "Since kindle is not allowed so I had to borrow some books from my fielding coach."

"I am into reading a lot. Even before getting out to bat, I am with kindle or books. It calms me down and I don't get those jitters as getting into bat" she added.

ICC has recently uploaded a picture on their Instagram profile where the skipper was seen to be reading the same book, sitting at the boundary line in a match against Australia.

The caption of the picture reads: "We all know that Mithali Raj enjoys reading books, but now she's re-writing them; the record books that is!"

Though India lost to Australia by eight wickets on Wednesday, Raj became the highest run scorer in women's cricket.

Raj, however, divulged the name of the book which was lent out by her fielding coach. "The book is by Ruby on Life's Essentials," she said.

Raj's habit of reading book not only made her trendy on social media, but also provided a much needed promotion to the women's cricket.

Image: Official Instagram profile of ICC.