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ailing from a small village Dara Pur in Punjab’s Moga district, 2015, Harmanpreet Kaur took 9 in a Test match at Gangotri Glades Harmanpreet Kaur has covered long lengths in her career and is Cricket Ground at Mysore, aiding to a stupendous victory by an innings and HCaptain of India’s Women’s Cricket Team. Born on March 8, 1989, 34 runs. Harmanpreet Kaur Bhullar made her impressive ODI debut in the 2009 Women’s In 2016, Harmanpreet Kaur not only was a significant factor in India’s win World Cup at a young age of 20 where playing against India’s arch rival , against Australia in a series but also scored 46 runs off 31 balls chasing Australia’s Harmanpreet Kaur, made a strong impression by bowling fantastic 4 overs giving 141 runs at Adelaide Oval in what was India’s highest ever chase in T20 interna- away just 10 runs and catching off Armaan Khan off . tional matches. Popularly known as of Indian women’s cricket According to NDTV Sports, Soon afterwards, Harmanpreet Kaur made her T20 team, Harmanpreet struck impressive six fours and a six. International debut against England in Taunton, in ICC Women’s World Twenty20 Owing to her striking performance all along, Harmanpreet was offered to play for in June 2009. Big Bash League’s Sydney Thunders Women and became the first Indian woman Coached by Kamaldish Singh Sodhi and Yadwinder Singh Sodhi, Harmanpreet cricketer to play in ( Big Bash League Sydney Thunders Women ) an overseas pri- Kaur made her mark in in 2010, after she hit smashing 33 in a Twenty 20 vate league. match against England. And then there was just no looking back for this young In November 2016, Harmanpreet Kaur replaced as skipper for Indian woman cricketer. Women’s Twenty20 team. In 2012, during Women’s T20 Asia Cup, Harmanpreet Kaur was appointed as the Achievements and Accolades : of the Indian Cricket Team for the Cup’s final match, after both, the then Known as Virender Sehwag of Indian Women’s Cricket Team Captain and Vice-captain, Mithali Raj and respectively, were First woman cricketer to play an Overseas Private League benched due to injuries. Captain of Indian Women’s Cricket Team Once again making her debut against our neighboring country, Pakistan, this time As mentioned on Espncricinfo, Harmanpreet Kaur hails from a small obscure vil- as India’s Captain in Asia Cup’s finale, Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and chose lage on India’s map, Harmanpreet Kaur has just not had it easy. With her school at to bat first. The decision at the time seemed to have backfired as the Indian team a distance of 25 Km from her village, she had to walk 4 Km to reach the bus stop. was bowled out for 81 runs, with Harmanpreet scoring 20. In a country, where cricket is almost worshipped and cricketers are loved no less In true sportsman spirit, Harmanpreet did not give up and kept the morale of the than Gods, even today cricket largely remains a man’s domain like most other team high inspiring one and all to give in their best. Playing her role of a skipper sports. In a world of men, Harmanpreet Kaur had to work hard to prove her met- well, Harmanpreet led India to victory bringing home the Asia Cup. tle, bearing disapproval from neighbours, scarcity of cricket pitches and blame that Continuing her notable performance on the field, Harmanpreet Kaur was named she was spoiling other girls too by motivating them to play cricket with her. as Women’s ODI team’s captain in March 2013 during Bangladesh’s Indian tour. Turning point in her life came when her school principal, Shri Kamal Singh Sodhi, In a fantastic win over Bangladesh, India, under Harmanpreet Kaur’s guidance saw her smashing a few hits in the village and asked her to join his school hoping won the series defeating Bangladesh in all the three T20s and three ODIs. that she would help build a good school cricket team. Harmanpreet Kaur led the team in the series by example, adding a and a Records fifty to India’s score and taking two wickets. Kaur scored a 171 off 115 balls against Australia in the 2017 Women's Cricket Continuing her outstanding performance against Bangladesh in Women’s World World Cup semi-final, which makes her the second highest scorer in women's one- Twenty20 match, against Mithali Raj’s captainship, Harmanpreet Kaur struck an day internationals. extraordinary score of 77 in Sylhet, bringing victory to India once again. She also has record of highest individual score for India in the history of Women's Harmanpreet Kaur made her first Test debut in August 2014, alongwith seven cricket World Cup. other debutants, against England’s women team at Wormsley where her perform- fazed this high-spirited Punjabi girl. Harmanpreet is also the second Indian batter to rank in the top 10 ICC Women's ance was not at par with her previous performances but that just could not have Coming back high and strong in a Test match against South Africa in November ODI Player Rankings.