IND-W vs WI-W, 1st ODI: Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur has scripted history as she has become the 10th Indian batter to have scored 1000 or more runs as a skipper in the 50-over format. Men's cricketers like MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Mohammed Azharuddin, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma, and Kapil Dev have achieved this milestone. As far as the women's cricketers, Harmanpreet Kaur is the second batter to have achieved this milestone after Mitjali Raj.
Harmanpreet achieved this milestone during the series opener of the three-match ODI series against West Indies in Vadodara. After playing in 26 matches, Kaur has scored 1012 runs at an average of 53.26 and that also includes three hundreds, five half-centuries and her highest individual score is an unbeaten knock of 143 runs against England in September 2022.
Most runs for India as captain in ODIs:
MS Dhoni – 6641 runs from 200 matches
Virat Kohli – 5449 runs from 95 matches
Mithali Raj – 5319 runs from 155 matches
Mohammad Azharuddin – 5239 runs from 174 matches
Sourav Ganguly – 5082 runs from 146 matches
Rahul Dravid – 2658 runs from 79 matches
Sachin Tendulkar – 2454 runs from 73 matches
Rohit Sharma – 2204 runs from 48 matches
Kapil Dev – 1564 runs from 74 matches
Harmanpreet Kaur – 1012 runs from 26 matches
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Harmanpreet returns after injury layoff
The Women in Blue received a huge boost after skipper Harmanpreet Kaur recovered well in time for the series opener. While batting, during the first T20I against the same opponent, she was seen limping off the field and due to this Smriti Mandhana became the stand-in skipper. Harmanpreet also didn't feature in the next two T20Is owing to injury. Amol Muzumdar, who is the head coach of the women's team also emphasised that Harmanpreet would be playing in the first ODI.
She was looking in good touch as she had scored 34 runs off 23 balls, in which she had hit three fours and one six. While batting first, the hosts had posted a mammoth target of 314/9.