{"id":183191,"date":"2026-06-20T12:32:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T18:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=183191"},"modified":"2026-06-20T12:32:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T18:02:18","slug":"womens-t20-world-cup-2026-a-historic-double-ton-awaits-harmanpreet-kaur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=183191","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026: A historic double ton awaits Harmanpreet Kaur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71127097\">Another day. Another milestone.<\/p>\n<p>But it is unlikely that Harmanpreet Kaur would be thinking too much about becoming the first woman \u2013 or man for that matter \u2013 to play 200 T20Is when she walks out to toss with Laura Wolvaardt at Old Trafford here on Sunday afternoon. She could only be concerned about the job at hand, the match against South Africa, and the significance of it, when it comes to getting a ticket for the semifinals at the Women\u2019s T20 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Harmanpreet has not just been one of the key batters for India for several years, but an inspirational captain as well. It was only fitting that she was the skipper when India won the ODI World Cup at Navi Mumbai beating  South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>She deserved that honour. Her fairytale innings against Australia in the semifinals of the 2017 World Cup took the Indians to the final, where they went down to England at Lord\u2019s. That knock inspired not just the girls in India, but across the world.<\/p>\n<p>Among them was Chloe Tryon. \u201cIt was incredible to watch that innings and it has been a remarkable to watch her journey, too,\u201d says the South African all-rounder, who has been her teammate Mumbai Indians in the WPL. \u201cSince the time I was a small girl, I was looking up to big players and she has been a role model for so many players around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tryon thinks it is amazing that Harmanpreet continues to play. \u201cAnd she is leading from the front, which is really good to see,\u201d she says. \u201cI hope she has 200 games more; I don\u2019t know how many more she could push through. It is great to see how much the women\u2019s game has grown and the way she has taken it forward. She is a fierce player. You get afraid the longer she bats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jun 20, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/womens-cricket\/womens-t20-world-cup-2026-india-harmanpreet-kaur-200-t20is-milestone\/article71127097.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another day. Another milestone. But it is unlikely that Harmanpreet Kaur would be thinking too much about becoming the first woman \u2013 or man for that matter \u2013 to play&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":183192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image2071.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":174538,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=174538","url_meta":{"origin":183191,"position":0},"title":"Is Harmanpreet Kaur playing in England vs India 2nd women&#8217;s T20I?","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"May 30, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur returned to lead the side during the second of a three-match T20I series in England in Bristol on Saturday. 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