On Tuesday, Harmanpreet Kaur made history by playing her 368th international game against England in the third match of the T20I series, going past New Zealand’s Suzie Bates.
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Harmanpreet Kaur is now the most-capped woman in international cricket history pic.twitter.com/GQMVT7kHN9
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) June 2, 2026
Harmanpreet’s performance for India
During the 2009 Women’s World Cup, Harmanpreet had made her international debut against Pakistan in Bowral. In the same year, she made her T20I debut, followed by a Test debut in August 2014.
Harmanpreet is currently on a score of 4541 runs obtained from 143 ODIs, at an average of 37.22 with seven hundreds and 24 half-centuries.
Most appearances in Women’s International cricket
368: Harmanpreet Kaur
367: Suzie Bates
357: Ellyse Perry
333: Mithali Raj
313: Sophie Devine
Stepping up to the challenge
1⃣7⃣th T20I FIFTY for Captain Harmanpreet Kaur
Updates ▶️https://t.co/2XzV0gvJUv #TeamIndia | #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/jjBrofUqmT
— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) June 2, 2026
Harmanpreet’s legacy set to continue
In April, Suzie Bates announced about her retirement from international cricket after the completion of the upcoming T20 World Cup. If Harmanpreet continues playing beyond the T20I tournament, she will be at the list leader, being at the top.
Bates will equal Harmanpreet’s record while she faces West Indies on Saturday, June 13.
In international cricket, across the men’s and women’s games, the ‘God of Cricket’ Sachin Tendulkar holds the record with 664 appearances being the most in international cricket. In Harmanpreet’s proximity, Australia’s Mark Waugh set this record with 372 appearances.
In terms of women’s ODIs, Harmanpreet has the seventh-most appearances, behind Australia’s Ellyse Perry with a record of 197 appearances in the T20Is among women.
