Harmanpreet Kaur created history in the Mecca of cricket ‘Lord’s’! Mithali-Smriti entered the cool club, completed 9000 international runs

Indian women’s cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur has created a new golden history in women’s international cricket. Harmanpreet, who is captaining the only Test match being played against England at the historic Lord’s ground in London, on the basis of her brilliant batting, has secured her place in a very special and elite club of two great women cricketers of India – Mithali Raj and Smriti Mandhana. Captain Harmanpreet, who came to bat at number 5 on the very first day of the match, played a fighting inning of 58 runs in 121 balls.

Jamai’s strong partnership with Smriti Mandhana, hit 7 tough fours

Handling the Indian innings in the challenging conditions of Lord’s, Harmanpreet Kaur hit 7 excellent fours during her innings. He, along with team vice-captain Smriti Mandhana, made a very important and intelligent partnership of 89 runs in 155 balls for the fourth wicket. Thanks to this strong partnership, the Indian team managed to reach a respectable position against England on the first day of the match. Smriti Mandhana also played a brilliant inning of 83 runs in 108 balls during this period.

Completed 9000 runs in international cricket, became the third Indian woman to do so

Before the start of this historic test match, Harmanpreet Kaur needed only 13 runs to complete her 9000 runs in international cricket. As soon as he took his 13th run on the fifth ball of the 24th over of India’s innings, he touched this magical figure. Harmanpreet, who started her international career with the ODI match against Pakistan on March 7, 2009, has now become the third batsman from India and one of the few batsmen in the world to cross the 9000-run mark in women’s international cricket after former captain Mithali Raj and Smriti Mandhana.

The Indian trio that scored the most runs in women’s international cricket:

1. Mithali Raj: 10,868 runs (333 matches)

2. Smriti Mandhana: 10,667 runs

3. Harmanpreet Kaur: 9,045* runs

Harmanpreet’s brilliant career record: Harmanpreet Kaur, who holds the record of playing the most number of international matches in the history of women’s cricket, has so far scored 4541 runs in 164 ODI matches, 4216 runs in 202 T20 (T20I) matches and a total of 288* runs in 12 innings of eight Test matches. His amazing performance in every format of the game places him in the list of the greatest all-rounders of world cricket.