Harmanpreet Kaur played the fastest half-century for the Indian team in the Women’s T20 World Cup.
In the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024, a one-sided performance was seen by the Indian team in the match played against Sri Lanka on the ground of Dubai. While batting first in this match, Team India made a big score of 172 runs in 20 overs, while after this, it managed to improve its net run rate by restricting the Sri Lankan team’s innings to just 90 runs. In this match, the same old style of captain Harmanpreet Kaur was seen with the bat from the Indian team in which she played an unbeaten inning of 52 runs with the help of 8 fours and one six in just 27 balls. On the basis of this innings, Harmanpreet Kaur also broke a big 6 year old record of Smriti Mandhana.
Scored the fastest half-century for India in the Women’s T20 World Cup
Harmanpreet Kaur scored runs at a strike rate of around 193 in the match against Sri Lanka. He also completed his half-century by hitting consecutive fours in the last 2 balls of Team India’s innings. With this, Harmanpreet Kaur has now become the player to score a half-century in the fewest number of balls for India in the history of Women’s T20 World Cup. Before Harmanpreet Kaur, this record was in the name of Smriti Mandhana, who had scored a half-century in just 31 balls in the match against Australia in the T20 World Cup played in the year 2018.
The player who scored the fastest half-century for India in the Women’s T20 World Cup
- Harmanpreet Kaur – 27 balls (vs Sri Lanka, Dubai, year 2024)
- Smriti Mandhana – 31 balls (vs Australia, Guyana, 2018)
- Harmanpreet Kaur – 32 balls (vs Australia, Cape Town, 2023)
- Harmanpreet Kaur – 33 balls (vs New Zealand, Guyana, 2018)
- Mithali Raj – 36 balls (vs Sri Lanka, Basseterre, 2010)
Victory against Australia is necessary to reach the semi-finals
In the match against Sri Lanka, where the Indian team has completely improved its poor net run rate by winning by 82 runs and has captured the second place in the points table of Group A, now against Australia they have got 13 runs. It is necessary to win their last group match to be held in October to reach the semi-finals. Although this is not going to be an easy task for the Indian team, the way Team India has made a comeback after the defeat in the first match, there is a continuous improvement in their performance since then.
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