hyderabad mithali raj has had a mixed last year she went on to become the highest rungetter for the country in t20 internationals 2283 runs in 85 matches more than rohit sharma 2237 and virat kohli 2167 but she was more spoken about because of the fiasco in the caribbean at the icc womens world t20 the 36yearold hyderabadi however has put all that behind and looks ahead to the challenges in the new year first up for mithali is the tour of new zealand where she will lead the odi teammithali shared her thoughts during a chat with toi at the st johns sports coaching foundation on tuesday the last day of her practice in the cityfresh beginningsa fresh start i think obviously this tour is important but i dont have any different way of looking at it i want to work hard and invest more time in my preparationflashback 2018 and the coach fiascoa reasonably good year in terms of performances south africa tour australia asia cup sri lanka and the world cup in the west indies of course a lot of people are interested in what happened during the world cup and i would like to sum it all up by saying that it was not a very good experience definitely it was the most difficult phase of my career off the field a lot has been spoken about my batting and it has been dissected but i dont need to justify after all these years what i have done and what i am as a player i cant change peoples perceptions it is not in my control but what is in my control is that as long as i am playing as long as i take the field as a player or as captain of team india there will not be any less percentage of commitment for the team or country i have always played like that and will continue to do sonew coach in wv ramani am not here to judge him thats not my job i am here to get the team together and get them to perform as a unit he has a lot of experience and if you look at his credentials he has coached at every level and comes with a lot of expertise it will only do good for the teamseniors vs juniors debateeven i am not a believer in that right from my debut i always believed that if someone is picked to play for the country then that player is capable and is in the team purely on ability and not on age or whether they are senior or junior when 15 of us are picked all are equal in terms of ability and its important that each one of us gets the respect that we deserve lets see how things will go as i havent trained under him raman just met him a few times at the academy when he was a batting consultant we