Harmanpreet Kaur equals Mithali Raj, becomes ‘number-1’ in this case in T20I cricket;

Harmanpreet Kaur equals Mithali Raj, becomes ‘number-1’ in this case in T20I cricket; Tezzbuzz | 2026-01-02 04:24:47

Harmanpreet Kaur Equals Mithali Raj’s Record: In the fifth match of the five-match T20 series played between the Indian women’s team and the Sri Lankan women’s team, the Indian women’s team has won by 15 runs. With this, the Indian women’s team won the series 5-0. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur was given the Man of the Match award for her excellent performance.

Indian women’s cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur has been the most ‘Player of the Match’ in the T20 format. Has become the top Indian in terms of winning titles. He equaled Mithali Raj. Both the players have achieved this feat 12-12 times so far. In this list of Indian women players, Shefali Verma (8) and Smriti Mandhana (8) are jointly at second position.

Most PoTM awards for Indian women in T20I

12 – Harmanpreet Kaur*
12- Mithali Raj
8- Shefali Verma
8- Smriti Mandhana

Harmanpreet Kaur scored 68 runs facing 43 balls in the fifth T20 match played against Sri Lanka at the Greenfield International Stadium. During this period, his innings included 1 six and 9 fours. Harmanpreet Kaur made a partnership of 61 runs with Amanjot Kaur at a time when the Indian team had lost 5 wickets till the score of 77.

Shefali became man of the series

On the other hand, Shefali Verma, who scored the highest 241 runs with an average of 80.33 in 5 matches of this series, was named ‘Player of the Series’. Chosen. This was the third time that the 21-year-old player was awarded this title. With this, Shefali is the most ‘Player of the Series’ Has become the joint number-1 Indian in terms of winning titles. Apart from Shefali, Mithali Raj, Harmanpreet Kaur and Deepti Sharma have been awarded this title 3 times each.

Most PoTS awards for Indian women in T20I

3- Mithali Raj
3- Harmanpreet Kaur
3- Deepti Sharma
3 – Shefali Verma*

This was the condition of the competition

Talking about the match, India scored 175 runs losing 7 wickets in 20 overs. For India, captain Harmanpreet Kaur scored the highest innings of 68 runs, while Amanjor Kaur scored 21 runs and Arundhati Reddy scored 27 not out. In response, the Sri Lankan team could score only 160 runs after losing 7 wickets in the stipulated overs. For this team, opener Hasini Perera scored 65 runs, while Imisha Dulani played an inning of 50 runs. By winning this match by 15 runs, India made a clean sweep of the series 5-0.