Former India girls’s nationwide cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur is displaying no indicators of slowing down, as the experienced batter continues to dominate international cricket at the age of 37. Harmanpreet Kaur smashed her eighth ODI century in the course of the second ODI in opposition to Zimbabwe at the BCA Stadium in Kotambi, Vadodara, on Sunday (October 25).
Harmanpreet’s record-breaking century got here after she scored an unbeaten 91 off just 41 balls in the third T20I in opposition to the Zimbabwe girls’s nationwide cricket team following her captaincy exit. Earlier, Harmanpreet Kaur breaks down in tears during interview after quitting India captaincy.
Harmanpreet Kaur becomes 4th-oldest girl to attain ODI century
Kaur reached the milestone with a wonderful sweep for 2 runs off Beloved Biza in the course of the second ODI between the India girls’s nationwide cricket team and the Zimbabwe girls’s nationwide cricket team at the BCA Stadium in Kotambi on Sunday.
While Kaur’s teammates applauded her particular achievement, the former Indian captain selected not to have fun the hundred at the BCA Stadium. With this century, Harmanpreet has become the fourth-oldest participant to attain 100 in Ladies’s ODI cricket.
At 37 years and 231 days, she has joined an elite checklist of experienced batters who achieved the milestone late of their careers.New Zealand’s Barb Bevege holds the file as the oldest girl to attain an ODI century at 39 years and 48 days. England’s Janette Brittin is second at 38 years and 161 days, whereas South Africa‘s Daleen Terblanche ranks third at 37 years and 289 days.
Oldest Gamers to Rating a Century in Ladies’s ODI Cricket
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39 years, 48 days–BarbBevege(NewZealand,1982)
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38 years, 161 days–JanetteBrittin(England,1997)
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37 years, 289 days–DaleenTerblanche(SouthAfrica,2007)
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37 years, 231 days–HarmanpreetKaur(India,2026)*
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37 years, 91 days–DeborahHockley(NewZealand,2000)
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36 years, 87 days–SuzieBates(NewZealand,2023)
Harmanpreet also joined the checklist of the oldest Indian players to attain an ODI century. She is now fifth on the general checklist behind Rohit Sharma, Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar, and Virat Kohli.
Oldest Indian players to attain a century in ODI cricket
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39 years, 153 days–RohitSharma
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38 years, 327 days–SachinTendulkar
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38 years, 113 days–SunilGavaskar
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37 years, 326 days–ViratKohli
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37 years, 231 days–HarmanpreetKaur*
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37 years, 185 days–MohinderAmarnath
Harmanpreet Kaur overtakes Mithali Raj after historic century
The century has also strengthened Harmanpreet’s place amongst India’s most profitable batters in girls’s ODI cricket. With eight ODI lots of, Kaur surpassed Mithali Raj, who completed her profession with seven centuries, to become the Indian participant with the second-highest WODI tons. Amid this, PCB pushes for Champions Trophy formula for ICC Ladies’s T20 World Cup 2028.
Smriti Mandhana leads the checklist with 14 ODI lots of, whereas Punam Raut, Jemimah Rodrigues, and Pratika Rawal have three centuries each. Harmanpreet’s latest achievement highlights her consistency, experience, and starvation to perform for India.
Most ODI Centuries for India Ladies
Michelle Mavunga ends Harmanpreet Kaur’s gorgeous knock
Meanwhile, the former India captain’s sensible innings got here to an finish at 126 runs off 121 balls after Michelle Mavunga dismissed the senior Indian batter. Mavunga bowled a slower and fuller delivery, tempting Harmanpreet to play a big shot straight down the ground.
Nonetheless, Harmanpreet failed to attach properly, and the ball got here off the underside part of her bat. The ball went towards long-off, where substitute fielder Kudzai Chigora took a simple catch. Harmanpreet hit 15 fours during her spectacular knock.
Supply: cricketaddictor.com
