A massive milestone for the India Women's National Cricket Team captain Harmanpreet Kaur. As soon as she stepped into the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, the Indian skipper claimed the record in the shortest format of the game.
Tonight's match against the Pakistan Women's National Cricket Team in the ongoing Women's Asia Cup marks Harmanpreet Kaur's 150th T20I as captain of the Indian national cricket team.
150th T20I match for Harmanpreet Kaur as Team India captain
Kaur, who is now 37, said at the toss that it is a great achievement for her and that she wants to keep enjoying playing on the field. According to her, enjoying the game is the key to a successful long journey in the game called cricket.
"Great achievement. But the key is to keep enjoying yourself on the field, and that is a key; I try to keep up with that," Harmanpreet Kaur said.
With the latest record, Harmanpreet Kaur continues to top the list of women's cricket team captains who played most number of matches in International cricket. After Kaur, Sri Lanka Women's Chamari Athapaththu is second on the list with 121 matches played as the captain of the national side. In second place is Australia's Meg Lanning, who captained the team in 100 T20I matches.
Most matches as captain in Women’s T20Is
150* - Harmanpreet Kaur (India Women's)
121 - Chamari Athapaththu (Sri Lanka Women's)
100 - Meg Lanning (Australia Women's)
96 - Heather Knight (England Women's)
96 - Diane Bimenyimana (Rwanda Women's)
In tonight's match against Pakistan, India Women's were asked to chase the run in the second innings as the Pakistan Women's team captain Fatima Sana won the toss. Sana opts to bat first as she and her team wants to utlilise most from the pitch.
Harmanpreet Kaur, however, did not sound unhappy to lose as the toss she shows enough faith on the bowling line-up of the Indian cricket team.
