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Best Indian in WPL! Harmanpreet Kaur dethrones Shafali Verma during MI vs RCB opener

Abhinav Tyagi

Harmanpreet Kaur for RCB - (Source: AFP)Harmanpreet Kaur for RCB - (Source: AFP)

On Friday, January 9, the fourth edition of Women's Premier League (WPL) commenced with Mumbai Indians locking horns against Royal Challengers Bengaluru for the curtain-raiser game. The fans turned up in thousands to see Smriti Mandhana's side go up against Harmanpreet Kaur's MI.

RCB won the toss and opted to field first, asking MI to bat first. The defending champions got off to the worst possible start and lost two early wickets. Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur was taked with important responsibility and got off to the desired start. The India skipper scored 20 (17), which featured a four and a six. 

Harmanpreet Kaur goes past Shafali Verma

Kaur failed to score a big score but still managed to script history with the bat. Notably with the 20-run knock, the 36-year-old left Shafali Verma behind to become the leading run-getter in WPL history by an Indian.

After the knock, Kaur has 871 runs, six more than Shafali Verma, who has 865 runs in 27 innings. Talking about Harmanpreet Kaur's WPL history, she averages 39.75, which includes eight fifties and a solitary century.

Harmanpreet Kaur set eyes on Nat-Sciver Brunt's record

Overall, Kaur is fourth on the list of leading run-getter in WPL history behind Meg Lanning, Ellyse Perry, and Nat Sciver-Brunt. Notably, Nat Sciver has 1031 runs in 30 innings and is the only player with 1000+ runs in the tournament.

Kaur is 166 runs behind Sciver's run-tally and can achieve the feat in the ongoing edition only. Talking about the ongoing match, at the time of writing this article, MI put 154/6 after 20 overs. Meanwhile, RCB have got off to the perfect start and have put 40/0 after just 3 overs.