Harmanpreet Kaur Creates History, Becomes 1st Player In The World To...

In nine WPL matches played so far against Gujarat Giants, Harmanpreet Kaur has scored a total of 504 runs. She has six fifties to her credit agains...

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India’s all-format captain Harmanpreet Kaur represents the Mumbai Indians in the Women’s Premier League. On Friday (January 30), during her team’s last league match of WPL 2026 against Gujarat Giants, she played a knock of 82 runs from 48 balls. She slammed 8 fours and 4 sixes for the two-time champions in the 168-run chase at BCA Stadium in Vadodara but failed to help them avoid a defeat by 11 runs. The knock of 82 runs was not enough to help Harman seal MI’s spot in the WPL 2026 playoffs, but it entered her name in the record books, as she now becomes the first and only player in the world to score 500 runs against one team in the Women’s Premier League.

Harman, who captains Mumbai Indians in the WPL, has 504 runs to her credit in nine WPL matches

played so far against Gujarat Giants. She has scored six fifties against the Ahmedabad-based franchise, which is led by Ashleigh Gardner.

In the list of batters with the most runs against one team in the WPL, Harman is followed by Nat Sciver-Brunt. The legendary English all-rounder, who also represents Mumbai Indians in the WPL, has scored 378 runs in nine matches against UP Warriorz.

Most runs against one team in WPL

PLAYER	TEAM	MATCHES	RUNS	BEST	100/50s	4/6s	AGAINST
Harmanpreet Kaur	Mumbai Indians	9	504	95*	0/6	63/18	Gujarat Giants
Nat Sciver-Brunt	Mumbai Indians	9	378	75*	0/3	58/4	UP Warriorz
Harmanpreet Kaur	Mumbai Indians	10	377	74*	0/3	48/10	Delhi Capitals
Meg Lanning	Delhi Capitals, UP Warriorz	10	377	70	0/3	51/7	Mumbai Indians
Smriti Mandhana	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	9	376	96	0/3	50/11	Delhi Capitals

In addition to scoring 504 runs against Giants, Harmanpreet has also scored 377 runs in 10 matches against Delhi Capitals (the most by any batter).

Most runs against each team in WPL

AGAINST	PLAYER	TEAM(S)	MATCHES	RUNS	BEST	AVERAGE	100/50	4/6s
Gujarat Giants	Harmanpreet Kaur	Mumbai Indians	9	504	95*	100.80	0/6	63/18
UP Warriorz	Nat Sciver-Brunt	Mumbai Indians	9	378	75*	63.00	0/3	58/4
Delhi Capitals	Harmanpreet Kaur	Mumbai Indians	10	377	74*	47.12	0/3	48/10
Mumbai Indians	Meg Lanning	Delhi Capitals, UP Warriorz	10	377	70	47.12	0/3	51/7
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	Shafali Verma	Delhi Capitals	9	359	84	44.87	0/4	35/20

In WPL, Harmanpreet overall has 1193 runs to her credit in 35 matches for Mumbai Indians. Only two batters – Nat Sciver-Brunt and Meg Lanning – are ahead of her in the run scorers list.

Most runs in Women’s Premier League

POSITION	PLAYER	TEAM(S)	MATCHES	RUNS	BEST	100/50	4/6s
1.	Nat Sciver-Brunt	Mumbai Indians	36	1348	100*	1/11	205/15
2.	Meg Lanning	Delhi Capitals, UP Warriorz	34	1200	92	0/11	179/16
3.	Harmanpreet Kaur	Mumbai Indians	35	1193	95*	0/11	148/35
4.	Shafali Verma	Delhi Capitals	34	1044	84	0/7	120/53
5.	Ellyse Perry	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	25	972	90*	0/8	109/25
6.	Smriti Mandhana	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	34	936	96	0/6	133/26
7.	Hayley Matthews	Mumbai Indians	34	867	77*	0/6	122/24
8.	Ashleigh Gardner	Gujarat Giants	33	811	79*	0/7	83/34
9.	Grace Harris	UP Warriorz, Royal Challengers Bengaluru	30	809	85	0/5	110/28
10.	Richa Ghosh	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	34	808	90	0/5	87/41

In WPL 2026, Harman leads the Orange Cap race. She has amassed a total of 342 runs in eight matches and has slammed three unbeaten fifties so far in the ongoing season.

Most runs in WPL 2026

PLAYER	TEAM	MATCHES	RUNS	BEST	AVERAGE	100/50	4/6s
Harmanpreet Kaur	Mumbai Indians	8	342	82*	68.40	0/3	36/13
Nat Sciver-Brunt	Mumbai Indians	7	321	100*	64.20	1/3	48/4
Smriti Mandhana	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	8	290	96	48.33	0/2	45/6
Meg Lanning	UP Warriorz	7	248	70	35.42	0/2	37/5
Ashleigh Gardner	Gujarat Giants	8	244	65	30.50	0/2	26/8