Harmanpreet Kaur becomes second Indian woman to score 3000 ODI runs

IND-W vs SL-W: Harmanpreet Kaur reached the feat in her 101st innings in the format in a list led by former India skipper Mithali Raj (7805 runs).

India Women's team captain Harmanpreet Kaur

Harmanpreet Kaur became the second Indian woman to cross 3,000 ODI runs during the first One-Day International against Sri Lanka in Pallekale on Friday.

Kaur reached the feat in her 101st innings in the format in a list led by former India skipper Mithali Raj (7805 runs).

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Harmanpreet's milestone comes at the back of the 33-year-old taking over the captaincy of the Indian side in all formats. Harmanpreet's runs have come at an average over 35 and a 71-plus strike-rate. Her career best knock of 171* came in India's semifinal clash against Australia in the 2017 World Cup.

In the recently-concluded T20I series, Harmanpreet also surpassed Mithali to become India's leading run-scorer in women's T20Is.

Hear what Harmanpreet Kaur had to say ahead of her first ODI series as full-time skipper.