India’s Harmanpreet Kaur becomes most capped player in women’s international cricket

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New Delhi: India women’s captain Harmanpreet Kaur created history during the second T20I against Australia at Manuka Oval in Canberra on Thursday, February 19. She became the most capped international player in women’s cricket, surpassing New Zealand batter Suzie Bates’ record.

Bates has played 355 matches for New Zealand in international cricket. She last featured for the White Ferns in the Women’s ODI World Cup match against England in Visakhapatnam on October 26, 2025. Harmanpreet made her debut on March 7, 2009, against Pakistan in Bowral, and has played six Test matches, 161 ODI games, and 189 T20Is.

Most international matches in women’s cricket

PLAYER COUNTRY TOTAL MATCHES TESTs ODIs T20Is
Harmanpreet Kaur India 356* 6 161 189*
Suzie Bates New Zealand 355 0 178 177
Ellyse Perry Australia 349* 14 165 170*
Mithali Raj India 333 12 232 89
Sophie Devine New Zealand 305 0 159 146
Heather Knight England 303 14 157 132
Danni Wyatt-Hodge England 302 4 120 178

She already has the record of playing the most T20I matches in women’s cricket. Harmanpreet has scored 200 runs in Tests, 4409 in ODI matches and 3784* runs in T20Is for India. The Indian captain also took 12 Test wickets, 31 in ODIs, and 32 in T20I matches.

FORMAT MATCHES RUNS AVERAGE BEST SCORE 100/50s WICKETS BEST FIGURES
Tests 6 200 25 69 0/1 12 5/44
ODIs 161 4409 37.05 171* 7/22 31 2/16
T20Is 189* 3784* 29.33 103 1/15 32 4/23
Total 356* 8393* 30 171* 8/38 75 5/44

‘It’s a great achievement for me’: Harmanpreet Kaur

During the toss ahead of the second T20I against Australia, Harmanpreet was asked about her milestone, and the India captain said that it’s a great achievement for her.

“It’s a great achievement for me. Hopefully I’ll keep doing the hard work for the team and keep playing as much as I can,” Harmanpreet said.

“We are in such a stage of Indian women’s cricket that every time somebody takes a field, it’s always a historic moment. But this is an absolute special moment because someone amongst our crew is playing the 356th match, highest ever,” Amol said.

In 2025, she captained India to their maiden Women’s ODI World Cup title, beating South Africa by 52 runs in the final at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.