New Delhi: Many cricketers around the world are achieving new milestones in their careers, but women’s team captain Harmanpreet Kaur has created a record that almost every cricketer dreams of. Team India captain Harmanpreet Kaur created history as soon as she stepped onto the field in the India-Ireland match under the Women’s World Cup.
World’s first cricketer to play 150 T20 International matches
In fact, captain Harmanpreet Kaur became the first cricketer in the world to play 150 T20 International matches as soon as she took the field against Ireland. No cricketer (female or male) in the world has been able to reach this figure so far. Captain Harmanpreet became emotional on this special moment. He said- It means a lot, I have received an emotional message from my colleagues. He thanked BCCI and ICC on this occasion. The captain said – Due to BCCI and ICC, we were able to play so many matches.
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India opt to bat first against Ireland in Gqeberha 🏏
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— ICC (@ICC) February 20, 2023
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First woman cricketer to play 1⃣5⃣0⃣ T20Is 🙌 🔝
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— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) February 20, 2023
Rohit Sharma has played 148 T20 International matches
Talking about male players, Rohit Sharma is at the top after playing 148 matches. While Virat Kohli is in seventh place after playing 115 matches. MS Dhoni played 98 matches in his career. In this way Harmanpreet Kaur went ahead of all these cricketers. On the other hand, talking about women cricketers, New Zealand batsman Suzy Bates is in second place after Harmanpreet Kaur. Bates has played 143 matches in his career. England batsman Denny Wyatt is third with 141 matches. Talking about the match, after winning the toss, they have decided to bat first. In this match, Devika Vaidya was given an entry in the playing XI in place of sick Radha Yadav.
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