Mithali Raj expressed her anguish over her omission from the ICC Women's World T20 semi-final in a scathing letter yesterday. The veteran batswoman attacked Committee of Administrators member Diana Edulji, the former India women's team captain, for destroying her career.

"For the first time in a 20 year long career I felt deflated, depressed and let down. I am forced to think if my services to my country are of any value to a few people in power who are out to destroy me and break my confidence," she said in her letter to BCCI CEO Rahul Johri and General Manager Syed Saba Karim.