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Harmanpreet Kaur creates history by overtaking Suzie Bates with most international appearance

Harmanpreet Kaur leaves behind Suzie Bates with a record of 368th international game as India faces England in T20I ahead of the Women’s T20 World Cup.

By Rishav Bagchi

Jun 04, 2026 03:16 IST

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'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

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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.

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