As India handed Sri Lanka a defeat by eight wickets in the third Women’s T20I at the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday, Harmanpreet Kaur became the captain with the most wins in the women’s T20Is. Harmanpreet has now led India to 77 wins in 130 T20Is, going past Australia’s Meg Lanning, who won 76 of her 100 matches as the captain.
130 matches as a captain is also the most by any cricketer in women’s T20I. England’s Heather Knight (71 wins in 96 matches) and Charlotte Edwards (68 wins in 93 matches) follow Harmanpreet and Lanning in the list of most wins as a captain.
On Friday, Indian women were clinical as they clinched the five-match T20I series against Sri Lanka, going 3-0 up after the first three matches. Medium pacer Renuka Singh Thakur’s four-wicket haul and opener Shafali Verma’s blazing 79 helped India chase down 113 in just 13.2 overs.
Unique record for Deepti
In the same match, star Indian all-rounder Deepti Sharma became the first cricketer across the men’s and women’s game to register 1000 runs and 150 wickets in T20 Internationals.
With a three-wicket spell, Deepti also rose to joint-highest wicket-taker in women’s T20Is, drawing level with Australia’s Megan Schutt on 151 wickets. Sri Lanka’s Kavisha Dilhari became her landmark 150th scalp, falling in the 14th over.
Enjoying a purple patch in international cricket, Deepti Sharma was one of the key figures in helping India win their historic maiden ODI World Cup at home. The all-rounder from Agra, Uttar Pradesh, was awarded the Player of the Tournament for her impressive show at the 2025 ICC Women’s World Cup.
Full list of the most successful captains in women’s T20Is:
- Harmanpreet Kaur (India) – 77 wins in 130 matches
- Meg Lanning (Australia) – 76 wins in 100 matches
- Heather Knight (England) – 71 wins in 96 matches
- Charlotte Edwards (England) – 68 wins in 93 matches
- Naruemol Chaiwai (Thailand) – 55 wins in 79 matches
- Marie Diane Bimenyimana (Rwanda) 52 wins in 84 matches
