India women’s national cricket team captain and star batsman Harmanpreet Kaur created history in women’s cricket at the Manuka Oval on Thursday, 19 February.
Harmanpreet Kaur becomes the player with most matches played in women’s cricket
When Harmanpreet Kaur stepped on the field, she became the player with the most matches in women’s international cricket. Kaur overtook New Zealand’s Suzie Bates (355) to create the world record in women’s cricket. Mithali Raj is another Indian in that elite list with 333 outings.
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The fearless batsman reached the big milestone during the second T20I against the Australian women’s national cricket team at the Manuka Oval.
3⃣5⃣6⃣* Combination of utmost commitment and determination
Congratulations #TeamIndia Captain Harmanpreet Kaur on becoming the most capped international player in women’s cricket #AUSvIND | @imharmanpreet pic.twitter.com/wMfgOE6AFU
– BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) 19 February 2026
She has played a total of 356 international matches for the India women’s national cricket team so far, and this tells the story of her pure commitment, hard work and strong character.
| Most matches in women’s international matches | ||
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Post |
player | Matchbox |
| 1 | Harmanpreet Kaur | 356 |
| 2 | suzie bates | 355 |
| 3 | elise perry | 349 |
| 4 | Mithali Raj | 333 |
| 5 | Charlotte Edwards | 309 |
| 6 | Sophie Devine | 305 |
| 7 | heather knight | 303 |
| 8 | Danny Wyatt-Hodge | 302 |
Kaur’s record-breaking journey
Kaur’s record includes 6 Test matches, 161 ODIs and 189 T20Is. With this, she stands alone at the top of the list of most capped players in women’s cricket. Now after her in the list of top-5 most capped players, there are Suzie Bates (355), Ellyse Perry (349), Mithali Raj (333) and Sophie Devine (312).
The 36-year-old had already led India to its maiden ODI World Cup title last year and recently led the team to a T20I series win in England. Earlier this month, Kaur was also awarded the Padma Shri, India’s fourth highest civilian honour, for her great contribution to the game of cricket.
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Harmanpreet & Co eye historic series-sealing win
Talking about the second T20 match, India’s women captain won the toss and decided to bowl first in the second T20 match against Australia at Manuka Oval on Thursday. Sophie Molineux is leading Australia in the ongoing three-match T20 series at home.
India is already 1-0 ahead after winning the first match by 21 runs via DLS method. Now the aim of Harmanpreet and her team will be to win this match and win the series. Their only series win in Australia came in 2016, when they won the T20I series 2–1.
India captain again supports attack
After the toss, Harmanpreet Kaur said that this decision was taken after looking at the pitch and weather conditions. He also showed full confidence in his bowlers and said that he expected them to perform strongly again as they did in the last match against Australian Women.
“Given the conditions, we thought bowling first was a better option for us. Our bowlers did a great job for us in the last game and hopefully they will come with the same positive mindset today,” Kaur said.
Playing XI for IND-W vs AUS-W 2nd T20I –
Australia XI: Beth Mooney (w), Georgia Woll, Phoebe Lichfield, Ellyse Perry, Ashley Gardner, Georgia Wareham, Nicola Carey, Annabel Sutherland, Sophie Molineux (c), Kim Garth, Darcey Brown.
India XI: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Deepti Sharma, Arundhati Reddy, Amanjot Kaur, Sri Charani, Renuka Thakur, Kranti Gaur.
