25 Facts About Harmanpreet Kaur

Harmanpreet Kaur is an Indian cricketer who captains the India women's national team in all formats.

Harmanpreet Kaur is one of only three Indian women to have scored more than 3,000 runs in Women's ODI.

Harmanpreet Kaur plays for and captains Mumbai Indians in the Women's Premier League.

Harmanpreet Kaur was awarded the Arjuna Award in 2017 by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.

Harmanpreet Kaur was born on 8 March 1989 in Moga, Punjab, to Harmandar Singh Bhullar, a volleyball and basketball player and Satwinder Harmanpreet Kaur, a homemaker.

Harmanpreet Kaur's father, who now is a clerk at a judicial court, was once an aspiring cricketer.

Harmanpreet Kaur was the first coach of Harman when she had begun playing the sport.

Harmanpreet Kaur took to cricket after joining the Gian Jyoti School Academy, 30 kilometres away from her residence in Moga, where she trained under Kamaldeesh Singh Sodhi.

Harmanpreet Kaur moved to Mumbai in 2014 where she began working for the Indian Railways.

Harmanpreet Kaur has claimed to have obtained a Bachelor of Arts from Chaudhary Charan Singh University in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh; though an investigation by university officials found no records of her enrollment and the claims to be fabricated.

Harmanpreet Kaur was named as Indian women's captain for the 2012 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup final, as captain Mithali Raj and vice-captain Jhulan Goswami were out because of injuries.

Harmanpreet Kaur made her debut as captain against Pakistan women's as India defended 81 runs thus won Asia Cup.

Harmanpreet Kaur finished the series 195 runs at average of 97.50 with a century and a fifty along with 2 wickets.

Harmanpreet Kaur continued her form in the 2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 where she scored 89 runs and took seven wickets in four matches.

Harmanpreet Kaur's 171* is currently the second-highest score by an Indian batter in women's one-day internationals, behind Deepti Sharma's 188 runs.

Harmanpreet Kaur holds the record for the highest individual score for India in Women's cricket World Cup history.

Harmanpreet Kaur now holds the record for registering the highest ever individual score in a knockout stage of a Women's World Cup match surpassing the previous record of 107* by Karen Rolton.

Harmanpreet Kaur was part of the Indian team to reach the final of the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup where the team lost to England by nine runs.

Harmanpreet Kaur was the leading run-scorer for India in the tournament, with 183 runs in five matches.

Harmanpreet Kaur played for them in 3 games, scoring 104 runs before withdrawing herself from the tournament due to injury.

Harmanpreet Kaur pleaded guilty to two separate charges pressed by Akhtar Ahmed, the match referee.

Harmanpreet Kaur found herself in the controversy after hitting the stumps with her bat when she was declared out.

Harmanpreet Kaur was named captain of the India squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup and for their home ODI series against New Zealand in October 2024.

In March 2025, Harmanpreet Kaur created history and became the first captain to win multiple WPL trophies.

Harmanpreet Kaur led Mumbai Indians to clinch their title for the second time.