Harmanpreet Kaur has become the female player to captain India in the most number of matches in all formats. She left Mithali Raj (156) behind in her 157th match. This record was made in the T20 World Cup match against Pakistan.
Birmingham: With the exciting match between India and Pakistan in the Women’s T20 World Cup, captain Harmanpreet Kaur has created a new history in Indian cricket. Harmanpreet has now become the female player to captain India in the most number of matches in all formats of cricket (Test, ODI, T20). In this matter, she has left behind the long standing record of great cricketer Mithali Raj.
As soon as Harmanpreet Kaur walked into the field for the toss against Pakistan at the Edgbaston ground in Birmingham, that moment witnessed the beginning of a new era of Indian women’s cricket. This was Harmanpreet’s 157th international match as captain. With this, she left behind Mithali Raj, who captained in 156 matches. Let us also tell you that Harmanpreet already has the record of captaining in most number of T20 matches in the world. Now she has become India’s greatest captain in all three formats.
With this victory, Harmanpreet has further strengthened her place in the list of captains who have won the most matches for India. In the match in which he created captaincy history, he also performed brilliantly with the bat. Batting at number four, the captain played a responsible innings and scored 31 runs in 29 balls. His innings played an important role in taking India to a strong score of 165.
When asked about this historic record after the match, Harmanpreet said that she gives more importance to the team’s victory than personal records. He further said, “The biggest happiness for me as captain is that we were able to make a winning start to the tournament by defeating Pakistan by 64 runs in the very first match of the World Cup.”