Women’s T20 World Cup 2023: Harmanpreet Kaur turns into third Indian after Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma to 3000 T20I runs

Women’s T20 World Cup 2023: Harmanpreet Kaur turned the third Indian batter after Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli to attain 3000 runs in T20Is.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Feb 20, 2023 20:12 IST

WT20 WC 2023: Harmanpreet turns into third Indian after Kohli, Rohit to 3000 T20I runs. Courtesy: Reuters

By Sabyasachi Chowdhury: Harmanpreet Kaur, on February 20, turned the third Indian batter to attain 3000 runs in T20Is. She achieved the feat in India’s Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 Group B match towards Laura Delany’s Ireland at St George’s Park in Gqeberha.

Kaur was seven runs wanting the milestone earlier than the match towards Ireland and she or he bought there with out a lot fuss. She hit Orla Prendergast on to the leg aspect for a single to get to the milestone. The veteran turned the primary Indian girl to realize the milestone in T20Is.

After reaching the 3000-run mark, Harmanpreet joined Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma amongst Indians with as many runs within the shortest format of the sport. Moreover, she turned the third batter after New Zealand’s Suzie Bates, Australia’s Meg Lanning and West Indies’ Stafanie Taylor to attain over 3000 runs in Women’s T20Is.

Earlier, Harmanpreet turned the primary cricketer (male or feminine) to play T20Is. In the match towards England that India misplaced by 11 runs a few days in the past, Kaur went previous Rohit to grow to be the most-capped participant within the purest format of the sport.

She scored 13 runs off 20 balls earlier than Ireland skipper Laura Delany accounted for her wicket. Harmanpreet tried to go aerial on the on-side, however holed out to Prendergast, who took an excellent catch within the deep.

Smriti Mandhana was the star of the present towards Ireland after she scored 87 runs earlier than getting out to Orla Prendergast, who has arguably been the standout participant for Ireland within the match.

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Feb 20, 2023