Harmanpreet Kaur overtakes Rohit Sharma to become 1st player to feature in 150 T20Is

India Women captain Harmanpreet Kaur on Monday became the first player in the history of T20I cricket to feature in 150 T20Is. She achieved the feat after taking the field against Ireland in the Women's T20 World Cup 2022.

India men's cricket team captain Rohit Sharma is the second player in line to achieve the feat. He has played 148 matches and scored 3853 runs at an average of 31.31. Four women's players - Suzie Bates, Dani Wyatt, Alyssa Healy and Ellyse Perry follow.

Players to play most number of T20I matches (Men's and women's)

150* Harmanpreet Kaur (IND)

148 Rohit Sharma (IND)

143 Suzie Bates (NZ)

141 Dani Wyatt (ENG)

139 Alyssa Healy (AUS)

137 Ellyse Perry (AUS)

List of players with most T20I matches (men's)

Rohit Sharma (IND) - 148

Shoaib Malik (PAK) - 124

Martin Guptill (NZ) - 122

Mahmudullah (BAN) - 121

Paul Stirling (IRE) - 121

Harmanpreet Kaur's India are currently in South Africa for the ongoing Women's T20I World Cup. The side defeated Pakistan by seven wickets after chasing 150 in 19 overs. In their second match against the Women in Blue, India defeated West Indies by six wickets by chasing 119 in 18.1 overs. England Women prevailed over India by 11 runs on Saturday, February 18.

In the ongoing match at St George's Park, India opted to bat first after winning the toss. Opener Shafali Verma (24) and Smriti Mandhana forged a 62-run stand for the first wicket. Harmanpreet walked in at three and scored 13 runs off 20 balls before being dismissed by Laura Delany.

The 33-year-old India Women captain has scored 3006 runs in the shortest format at an average of 27.83. She has nine fifties and one hundred to her name. The Punjab-born cricketer's 3006 career runs is the fourth highest in the history of women's T20I cricket.