Harmanpreet Kaur’s journey to 200 T20I matches: important milestones and achievements of her career

Delhi: Whatever be the final result for India in this Women’s T20 World Cup, this World Cup will always be memorable for Harmanpreet Kaur personally. She became the first cricketer to play 200 T20 International matches. The thing to note is that although more T20 Internationals are being played in men’s cricket than women’s cricket, no male cricketer has yet reached this Everest of match count. This record was made as soon as she took the ground for the match against South Africa in the 2026 T20 World Cup. Harman is a top-level athlete, a role model for almost all cricketers around the world and the way she has played over the years is no ordinary thing. Some of the special milestones in his journey of 200 T20 Internationals are as follows:

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* Talking about the T20 World Cup, 17 years and 6 days ago, the first match was played in the 2009 T20 World Cup in England and now it played its 200th T20 International match in the World Cup in England.

* Harmanpreet also played her 100th T20 International against South Africa in Surat in October 2019 and now played her 200th match against South Africa in Manchester in June 2026. India had lost in both these matches.

* India has played a total of 223 T20 International matches so far and has played in 200 of these matches. Played his first T20 International match against Pakistan in Bowral on March 7, 2009.

* When Harmanpreet played her 150th T20 International match (against Ireland in the 2023 World Cup), she was the first player to play 150 T20 Internationals in women’s cricket and now she has become the first player to play 200 T20 International matches.

* Harmanpreet has played a total of 371 international matches so far and is the player who has played the most matches in women’s international cricket. This record came in the name of Heermanpreet during the second T20 International in Canberra in the last Australia tour and broke the record of Suzie Bates. T20 International has the biggest stake in this. Although India lost by 19 runs in this match in Canberra, Harmanpreet scored the highest by scoring 36 runs in 30 balls.

* Across all three formats, Harmanpreet has scored 8,918 international runs, including 230 in Tests, 4,541 in ODIs and 4147 in T20 Internationals. Also took 75 international wickets.

* Under his captaincy in T20 International 2025, India registered a series win in England. It is a big achievement for India to win the series in England. * He was awarded the Padma Shri for his contribution to Indian cricket.

* She is the first Indian cricketer to play in 10 World Cups in any one format and the special thing is that she is captaining India in the sixth consecutive T20 World Cup.

* He is third in the list of most runs scored in international cricket in T20 format and has scored 4147 runs. Only Suzie Bates and Smriti Mandhana have more runs in their names than her. The special thing is that Harmanpreet is a middle order batsman and compared to an opener, she has less chance to play long innings.

* Harmanpreet played in the Women’s Big Bash League in 2016 and also became the first Indian player to be signed for this league.

* Became India’s regular T20 International captain in November 2016 and started this responsibility by scoring 68* against West Indies. Since then he has been one of the most successful captains in this format and has captained India in 145 matches and the trend continues. And no one has captained even 120 matches.

* Just a few months after her memorable 171* in the ODI World Cup semi-final, she scored 103 against New Zealand in the opening match of the 2018 World Cup, the first T20 International century by an Indian woman batsman. This score was made in just 51 balls and it is considered one of the best innings of the T20 World Cup. With the help of 7 fours and 8 sixes, he took India to a score of 194/5 and won by 34 runs, and also won the ‘Player of the Match’ award.

* In 2020, under the captaincy of Harmanpreet, India reached the T20 World Cup final for the first time but lost to Australia in the final in Melbourne. Under his captaincy, India played till the semi-finals in 2018 and 2023.

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* Won the title for Mumbai Indians in India’s T20 league, WPL, in 2023 and again in 2025. The record of winning the first WPL title is in his name. Many Australian players do not hesitate to say that it is very important to dismiss Harmanpreet to win the match. His record also shows the same.