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TV9 Bharatvarsh | Edited By: Sumit Sundriyal
Updated on: Mar 25, 2023 | IST
Hat-trick of World Cup title, record of century at the youngest, record of most centuries in ODI, only victories and records are visible in front of the name of Australia’s legendary women’s cricket team captain Meg Lanning.
Whenever there is talk of successful captains who have won big titles in the history of cricket, names like Clive Lloyd, Ricky Ponting, MS Dhoni will come first, which is not wrong. But this is only about men’s cricket. When the name of the most successful captain will be asked forgetting the gender difference in cricket, then only one name will come forward – Meg Lanning. (Photo: Reuters)
Today is the birthday of Australia’s legendary captain and star batsman Lanning. Born on March 25, 1992, Lanning has turned 31 today. The funny thing is that he was not born in Australia, but in Singapore. But he did wonders for Australia and it started at the age of 18. (Photo: Reuters)
Lanning made his T20 debut in December 2010 at the age of 18 and made his ODI debut in January 2011. Lanning hit a brilliant century in his second ODI. In this way, he broke Ricky Ponting’s record of the youngest century for Australia. (Photo: Reuters)
With this century, the process of breaking more records of Lanning’s centuries started. She has so far scored maximum 15 centuries in 103 ODIs. Also, he has 2 centuries in his account in 132 T20 matches. (Photo: Reuters)
Lanning, who was showing amazing with the bat, was handed over the captaincy of Australia in 2014 at the age of just 21, which is the record of the youngest captain in Australia. The process of success started from here. He won the title in his very first T20 World Cup in 2014 as captain. (Photo: ICC)
Since then, Lanning’s charm continues. He won the T20 World Cup again in 2018 and 2020, while in 2022 he won the ODI title for the first time under his captaincy. In the same year, he also won the gold medal by defeating India in the CWG. (Photo: AFP)
Just 3-4 days after winning the CWG gold, Lanning surprised everyone. He decided to take a break from cricket. Then in January 2023 he returned. Lanning had told in an interview that during this time he worked in a coffee shop in Melbourne and kept himself completely away from cricket. He completed the T20 World Cup hat-trick in February 2023 as soon as he returned to the field. (Photo: Reuters)
Lanning, who has become the serial winner captain, is now eyeing another title. Lanning, captaining Delhi Capitals in the WPL being held for the first time, has taken her team to the finals, where they will face Mumbai Indians on Sunday, March 26. (Photo: WPL)
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