T20 World Cup: Harmanpreet blasts her fastest T20I fifty, reaches major landmark

Women's T20 World Cup 2024: Harmanpreet Kaur scored 52 runs off 27 balls and helped India post a healthy score of 172 for the loss of three wickets after opting to bat first in Dubai.

In Short

• Harmanpreet Kaur scored her fifty off 27 balls
• Harmanpreet scored 52 runs off 27 balls against Sri Lanka
• India scored 172 for the loss of 3 wickets on the board

Harmanpreet Kaur was at her very best when India and Sri Lanka faced off in the group match of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 on Wednesday (October 9) at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. The right-handed batter scored an unbeaten 52 off 27 balls with the help of eight fours and a six.

Harmanpreet also smacked her fastest fifty in T20Is off 27 balls, showing the brute force she is, especially in the shorter format. She also became the third batter after New Zealand’s Suzie Bates and India’s Smriti Mandhana to reach the landmark of 3500 runs in Women’s T20Is.

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On the back of her knock, India racked up a massive score of 172 for three on the board. It also happened to be their second-highest score in the Women’s T20 World Cup after the 194 for five against New Zealand back in 2018 at the Providence Stadium in Guyana.

In 176 T20Is thus far, the 35-year-old Harmanpreet has notched 3522 runs at an average of 28.63 and a strike-rate of 108.13 with a hundred and 13 fifties to show for her efforts.

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