Harmanpreet Kaur Becomes 1st Cricketer To Reach This Massive Milestone, Even Before Rohit Sharma

20.02.2023 - 16:29 sports.ndtv.com

Harmanpreet Kaur on Monday became the first cricketer-ever to play 150 T20Is as she took the field for India against Ireland in a Women's T20 World Cup match.

In men's cricket, Rohit Sharma has played the most number of matches (148) in the shortest format. "It (playing 150 T20I games) means a lot, I got an emotional message from my team-mates.

Thanks to BCCI and ICC, we are able to play so many games," Harmanpreet said at the toss. In women's cricket, New Zealand's Suzie Bates has played the second-most number of matches (143) while India's Smriti Mandhana is third with 115 appearances.

Milestone AlertFirst woman cricketer to play T20IsCongratulations to #TeamIndia captain @ImHarmanpreet on a special landmark #INDvIRE | #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/X1DyIqhlZI India captain Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and elected to bat against Ireland in their last group game of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup on Monday.

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India captain Rohit Sharma got off to a fine start in the first innings of the Ahmedabad Test against Australia, scoring 35 runs off 58 balls before being sent packing by Matthew Kuhnemann. Until being dismissed, Rohit was oozing with confidence, hitting 3 fours and also a six. Though his stay on the crease couldn't last for more than 58 balls, that was enough for him to reach a historic milestone for the Indian cricket team in international cricket.

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