Harmanpreet Kaur becomes the fourth overall Indian player to have crossed 4000 runs in the shortest format of the game. The 37-year-old became the second Indian woman cricketer to have gone past the milestone.
India Women are currently on their tour to England and are preparing for the upcoming Women’s T20 World Cup, which is scheduled to be held this year. India Women’s also won the ICC ODI World Cup in 2025, which was India’s first-ever World Cup triumph in women’s cricket.
Harmanpreet Kaur is often referred to as one of the most legendary names in women’s cricket, as she also remains the most-capped batter in the Indian team. Kaur has appeared in 196* T20I matches, the most for any cricketer in the world.
Harmanpreet Kaur becomes fourth Indian star to 4000-runs in T20 cricket
Before the start of the India vs England second T20I game at Bristol, the Indian skipper was already at the brink of a milestone in her career. Kaur took a double during the 15th over of India’s chase, when the Women in Blue were chasing a 169-run target.
With those two runs in the second ball of the over, she took her tally to 4001 runs in WT20Is. He became the second Indian woman cricketer to have gone past the milestone and became the fourth overall Indian cricketer to have reached the milestone.
Virat Kohli, the legendary Indian cricketer, became the first-ever player to have surpassed the 4000-run mark. Following him, Rohit Sharma reached the milestone during the T20 World Cup 2024, where he went past Kohli’s tally of runs.
Third player in Women’s Cricket history to surpass 4000 T20I runs
In women’s cricket, Suzie Bates, the former New Zealand batter, was the first cricketer to have surpassed the massive 4000-run milestone. The legendary women’s cricketer is currently the highest run-getter in the format with 4720 runs.
Smriti Mandhana also reached the milestone in 2025. She has played in 165 matches and has already amassed 4325 runs in the shortest format. Harmanpreet Kaur follows him in the list with 4019 runs in her career.
Top 5 Run-scorers in Women’s T20I Cricket:
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | MATCHES | RUNS |
| Suzie Bates | New Zealand | 183 | 4720 |
| Smriti Mandhana | India | 165* | 4325* |
| Harmanpreet Kaur | India | 196* | 4001* |
| Chamari Athapaththu | Sri Lanka | 157 | 3752 |
| Sophie Devine | New Zealand | 154 | 3719 |
India Women face thrashing defeat Bristol
After winning the first match of the series against England, they bounced back in the second game. India was supposed to chase a score of 169 runs, which seemed a very gettable total for the Women in Blue.
Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma handed them a good start, while last match’s hero Yastika Bhatia missed out this time. Despite Harmanpreet Kaur’s fine start, she could not take India over the line.
The middle and lower order could not help India in the death overs as India Women lost the match by a massive margin of 26 runs.
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