New Delhi 31 December 2025: Record set in women’s T20 cricket In the fifth match of the T20 series against Sri Lanka, Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Amanjot Kaur created a new record by making a partnership of 61 runs for the sixth wicket. India had lost 5 wickets for 77 runs in 10.4 overs at the Greenfield International Stadium on Tuesday.

Harmanpreet Kaur and Amanjot Kaur stabilized the innings with a partnership of 61 runs in 37 balls. Together, India scored 175 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. This is the second highest partnership for the sixth wicket or less for the Indian women’s team in T20 cricket. Earlier, in 2023, Deepti Sharma and Amanjot Kaur had made a 76-run partnership against South Africa in East London. During this match played in Thiruvananthapuram, Harmanpreet Kaur played the captaincy inning, in which he scored 68 runs in 43 balls with the help of 1 six and 9 fours. This was his 16th half-century in his T20 international career. Harmanpreet is at third position in the list of Indian women players who have scored the most half centuries in this format.

Smriti Mandhana tops the list with 33 half-centuries. Mithali Raj is in second place with 17 half-centuries. Jemimah Rodrigues and Shafali Verma are jointly fourth with 14 half-centuries. India, which decided to bat after losing the toss, got a big blow in the form of Shafali Verma (5) at the beginning of the second over. Thereafter, debutant G. Kamalini (12) was also out. The situation became such that the team lost 5 wickets on the score of 77.

From here, the captain took command of the team by making a partnership of 61 runs with Amanjot Kaur. Harmanpreet was out after scoring 68 runs, while Amanjote had scored 21 runs in 18 balls. Apart from this, Arundhati Reddy played an unbeaten inning of 27 runs in 11 balls. Kavisha Dilhari, Rashmika Sewandi and Chamari Athapathu took 2 wickets each from the opposing team. Nimasha Madushani took 1 wicket.

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