Player With Most Runs As A Captain In Women’s T20Is

The Indian Women’s Cricket Team is currently on a tour in South Africa, playing in a 5 game series for T20 cricket. The first three games have been disappointments for the Indian Team; they have lost all three decisively.

The only redeeming performance from the first three games was by Captain Harmanpreet Kaur in the Indian Women’s Third T20 match at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg, where she scored an incredible 66 runs, reaching a milestone in her personal career.

In the match itself, the Indian Team made a total of 192 runs in their innings of 20 overs, and South Africa chased down the target successfully in just 16.3 overs, losing 1 wicket.

Harmanpreet Kaur Becomes the Player With Most Runs As A Captain In Women’s T20Is

The Indian cricket captain Harmanpreet Kaur is now recognised as being the highest-scoring captain in Women’s T20 International History after surpassing the previous record set by Sri Lanka’s Chamari Athapaththu.

Harmanpreet has played as a captain in 138 T20 International matches so far (with 125 innings) achieving a total of 3,017 runs scored at an average of 32.79. During this time she has also achieved one century and 14 half-centuries.

Meanwhile, Chamari Athapaththu now sits in second place on this list with 3,016 runs. Furthermore, Harmanpreet Kaur has become only the second player in Women’s T20 International history to score over 3,000 runs while leading a team. Players with the Most Runs as Captain in Women’s T20 Internationals

Harmanpreet Kaur (India) – 3017 runs

Chamari Athapaththu (Sri Lanka) – 3016 runs

Meg Lanning (Australia) – 2619 runs

Charlotte Edwards (England) – 2529 runs

Suzie Bates (New Zealand) – 2236 runs

Team India Must Select Its Best Playing XI Ahead of the World Cup

This has become a matter of concern for the Indian women’s team ahead of the T20 World Cup. The Women’s T20 World Cup is scheduled to commence in England on June 12th, and consequently, Team India has very little time left to consolidate its preparations.

The performance of the Indian bowlers across all three matches played so far in the T20 series against South Africa has heightened Team India’s concerns, sending a clear signal that the bowling unit could pose a significant challenge for the team moving forward.

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