Whatever be the form of Indian women's team captain Harmanpreet Kaur, even if runs are not coming from her bat, she is being criticized from all sides, but whenever a 'do or die' situation comes, her bat works. Especially if it is about the World Cup, that too in England and there is a strong Australian team in front, Harmanpreet's bat is sure to work. This is what happened in the important match of the Women's T20 World Cup 2026, where Team India needed to win at any cost and captain Harmanpreet played a stormy inning of 56 runs in just 27 balls.
About 9 years ago, in the semi-finals of the Women's ODI World Cup 2017 in Derby, England, Harmanpreet Kaur created a sensation by playing an unbeaten inning of 171 runs in just 115 balls against Australia. This inning of hers gave new life to Indian women's cricket, which before that was paid attention to only by a few fans. There was no discussion not only among fans but also among experts and media. But on the basis of that innings, India defeated Australia and made it to the finals.
After that innings played in the derby, Harman had played strong innings against Australia several times. A similar strong innings was needed on Sunday 28th June also. To reach the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup, Team India needed to win over Australia at any cost. Before this match, Harmanpreet's performance in the tournament was nothing special. But seeing Australia in front, the Indian captain realized his strengths and then wreaked havoc on Australia.
Harmanpreet, who came to the crease after Smriti Mandhana was out on the score of 83 runs in the 12th over, hit fours and sixes and completed her half-century in just 25 balls. She scored this half-century by hitting 3 consecutive sixes on Australian captain Sophie Molineau in the last over of the innings. When she was out on the fifth ball of the over, Team India's score had reached 166 runs from 147 runs. Team India ended the innings with a strong score of 170 runs. Harmanpreet scored the highest score of 56 runs in just 27 balls, which included 6 fours and 3 sixes.
