Harmanpreet Kaur: All the details to know about her

Harmanpreet Kaur: All the details to know about her

Harmanpreet Kaur: All the details to know about her, Harmanpreet Kaur was born on the 8th of March in the year 1989. She is an Indian cricket player. Harmanpreet Kaur is the captain of the India Women’s National Cricket Team in all formats. She is an all-rounder who plays for the Indian women’s cricket team. Kaur was honored with the Arjuna Award for Cricket in 2017. Harmanpreet was awarded by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.

In November 2018, she went on to become the first Indian cricketer to score a century in a Women’s Twenty20 International (WT20I) match.

In October 2019, she became the first Indian cricketer to play in 100 international Twenty20 matches. The series that witnessed this was against South Africa, 

A coach, Kamaldish Singh Sodhi, decided to build a girls’ team in cricket.

Harmanpreet came off as a medium pace all-rounder. She reserved a place in India’s 2009 World T20 squad.

Harmanpreet Kaur real struggle started after she entered the team. As an aspiring lead bowler, Harmanpreet faced stalwarts like Jhulan Goswami and Amita Sharma. After watching their bowling, she decided to put all her energies into developing her batting a notch above others. Kaur soon became a go-to batter in all crisis situations. On her father’s insistence, Harmanpreet started as an off-spinner. She thus established herself as a vital cog in the side.

Kaur imbibed the values of patience and remodeled her game. She managed to strike a perfect balance between aggression and caution. Kaur never put a halt to her learning.

2016-17 had been a breakthrough time period for Harmanpreet. She was handed the captaincy in the wake of a disastrous World T20 campaign at home. Initially, she lost her three-match home series against the West Indies. But then, Harmanpreet led India to their sixth straight Asia Cup crown.

Harmanpreet Kaur is the first Indian cricketer, male or female, to be signed in a foreign T20 league. 3 WBBL teams called in to sign the aggressive middle-order batter. She was acquired by the inaugural champions Sydney Thunder. Harmanpreet Kaur won the franchise’s Player of the Tournament award for her exemplary performance in the debut season. The T20 captain signed up with Surrey Stars for the second edition of ECB’s Women’s Cricket League.

Debut/Last Matches

Women Test Matches

Debut

England Women against Indian Women at Wormsley – August 13th – 16th, 2014

Last

England Women against Indian Women at Bristol – June 16th – 19th, 2021

Women ODI Matches

Debut

Pakistani Women against Indian Women at Bowral – March 7th, 2009

Last

Indian Women against Sri Lankan Women at Pallekele – July 7th, 2022

Women T20I Matches

Debut

Indian Women against England Women at Taunton – June 11th, 2009

Last

Australian Women against Indian Women at Birmingham – August 7th, 2022

Recent Matches

Match	Bat	Bowl	Date	Ground	Format
IND Women against AUS Women	65	0/17	07-Aug-2022	Birmingham	WT20I # 1193
IND Women against ENG Women	20	—	06-Aug-2022	Birmingham	WT20I # 1190
IND Women against Barbados Women	0	1/7	03-Aug-2022	Birmingham	WT20I # 1187
IND Women against PAK Women	—	—	31-Jul-2022	Birmingham	WT20I # 1181
IND Women against AUS Women	52	0/10	29-Jul-2022	Birmingham	WT20I # 1173
IND Women against SL Women	75	1/21	07-Jul-2022	Pallekele	WODI # 1283
IND Women against SL Women	—	0/12	04-Jul-2022	Pallekele	WODI # 1282
IND Women against SL Women	44	1/13	01-Jul-2022	Pallekele	WODI # 1281
IND Women against SL Women	39*	0/13	27-Jun-2022	Dambulla	WT20I # 1152
IND Women against SL Women	31*	1/12	25-Jun-2022	Dambulla	WT20I # 1149

Career Averages

Batting & Fielding

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	Ct	St
WTEST	3	5	0	38	17	7.60	104	36.53	0	0	6	0	0	0
WODI	121	102	16	3101	171	36.05	4328	71.64	4	16	300	41	44	0
WT20I	129	116	23	2548	103	27.39			1	8			53	0

Bowling

Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
WTEST	3	4	296	122	9	5/44	9/85	13.55	2.47	32.8	1	1	0
WODI	121	68	1646	1425	31	2/16	2/16	45.96	5.19	53.0	0	0	0
WT20I	129	61	754	778	32	4/23	4/23	24.31	6.19	23.5	1	0	0