INDW vs WIW: Captain Harmanpreet Kaur joins MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli in elite club

Harmanpreet Kaur has become the 10th Indian batter to score 1000 or more runs as captain in ODIs. In men’s cricket, MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Mohammad Azharuddin, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma and Kapil Dev achieved the feat. In the women’s game, she is only the second after the legendary Mithali Raj to the landmark.

Harmanpreet achieved the feat in the first game of the three-match ODI series against the West Indies on Sunday, December 22 at the Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara. In 26 matches, the 35-year-old has notched 1012 runs at an average of 53.26 with three centuries, five fifties and a top score of 143 not out against England in Canterbury back in September



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Most runs for India as captain in ODIs

MS Dhoni – 6641 runs from 200 matches

Virat Kohli – 5449 runs from 95 matches

Mithali Raj – 5319 runs from 155 matches

Mohammad Azharuddin – 5239 runs from 174 matches

Sourav Ganguly – 5082 runs from 146 matches

Rahul Dravid – 2658 runs from 79 matches

Sachin Tendulkar – 2454 runs from 73 matches

Rohit Sharma – 2204 runs from 48 matches

Kapil Dev – 1564 runs from 74 matches

Harmanpreet Kaur – 1012 runs from 26 matches