Happy Birthday Harmanpreet Kaur: Records and Achievements of Indian Women's Cricket Team Skipper

One of the finest batters to represent the Indian cricket team, Harmanpreet Kaur is currently handling the leadership duties at the Mumbai Indians in the second edition of the Women’s Premier League (WPL). She had led the franchise to the title in the inaugural season last year. As Harmanpreet celebrates her 35th birthday today, we take a look at the Team India captain’s records and achievements.

Harmanpreet burst onto the scene in 2009 but it was not until 2013 that she carved out a niche for herself in a side that boasted of high-profile names such as the-then captain Mithali Raj and legendary fast bowler Jhulan Goswami.

Harmanpreet is currently leading the Indian team across all three formats.

While she has been India’s all-format captain since Mithali Raj decided to call it quits, Harmanpreet Kaur first led India in the 2012 Women’s Asia Cup final against Pakistan.

She took over full-time captaincy in T20Is in 2016 and was named in the ICC Women’s T20I Team of the Year in 2017.

Harmanpreet Kaur has been a driving force not just for women’s cricket in India, but across the world. Her soaring popularity and indomitable spirit have seen her become one of the prominent faces of women’s cricket in the global circuit. Add to that her list of achievements, records, and accolades, and you have an all-time great in front of you.

Records And Achievements

1. Harmanpreet Kaur is the only Indian woman cricketer to score over 3,000 runs in both ODIs and T20Is.
2. In 130 WODIs, she has scored 3410 runs at an average of 36.66.
3. She has 18 half-centuries and five centuries in the 50-over format.
4. Her numbers in the shortest format are equally incredible; 3204 runs in 161 WT20Is averaging 27.62, which includes 11 half-centuries and one century.
5. 2016 was a golden year for Harmanpreet in T20Is as she helped India record their highest-ever chase in the format after scoring a stormy 31-ball 46 against England.
6. Subsequently, she was roped in by Sydney Thunder to play in the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL), becoming the first-ever Indian cricketer to play in an overseas league.
7. In the 2017 Women’s World Cup, Harmanpreet Kaur scored an astonishing 171 (not out) in the semi-final against Australia. This was also the highest individual score by an Indian women’s cricketer in the World Cups, and also the highest individual score of all-time in Women’s World Cups.
8. Her achievements in 2017 earned her the coveted Arjuna Award.
9. At the 2018 ICC Women’s World Twenty20, in the tournament opener against New Zealand, Harmanpreet Kaur scored 103 runs off 51 balls, thus becoming the first-ever Indian women’s cricketer to register a three-figure score in T20Is.
10. She also became the first Indian cricketer to represent the country in 100 T20Is.