Harmanpreet Kaur

Harmanpreet Kaur Bhullar is a professional Indian cricketer, born on March 8, 1989, in Moga, Punjab, India. is the skipper of the Indian women’s cricket team across all formats. She plays for the Indian women's cricket team as a batting all-rounder. Kaur is a right-handed batter and bowls right-arm off-break. 

Her cricketing style is similar to that of former legendary Indian batter and her cricketing idol Virender Sehwag, which follows the simple theory of “see the ball—hit the ball.”  Kaur stimulates on-field aggression not only in her playing style but also while leading the team.

Harmanpreet Kaur: Along the Years

Harmanpreet Kaur Records

• Highest individual score at No.4 in Women’s ODIs (171*)

• Highest individual score by an Indian in the ICC Women’s World Cup (171*)

• First Indian woman to score a century in a Women's Twenty20 International match

• Only Indian to score a century in Women’s T20 World Cups

• Joint-most catches in a Women’s T20I innings (4)

• First Indian cricketer to sign a Big Bash League contract 

• First Indian woman to win ‘ICC Player of the Month’ award

• First Indian woman to be named in one of the Wisden’s five cricketers of the year 

• Involved in the highest partnership for the fifth wicket in Women’s Tests with Richa Ghosh (143)

• Most number of Women’s T20I appearances (176)

• Most appearances as skipper in Women’s T20Is (121)

• Third-most runs in Women’s T20Is (3522)

• Second-most runs for India in Women’s T20Is (3522)

Harmanpreet Kaur Awards and Accolades

• Cricketer of the Year 2014 at the Times of India Sports Awards 

• Polly Umrigar Award by BCCI in 2016-17

• Arjuna Award 2017

• Player of the Tournament in Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) 2021-22

• ICC Player of the Month in September 2022

• Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2023

• Sportswoman of the Year in Sportstar Aces Awards 2023

• Named captain of the ICC Women’s T20I Team of the Year 2018

• Led the Indian Women’s team to the final of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020

• Led the Indian Women’s team to a silver medal finish at the Commonwealth Games 2022

• Led the Mumbai Indians Women's team to its maiden Women’s Premier League (WPL) title in the inaugural edition of the WPL 2023

• Led Indian Women’s team to gold medal finish at the Asian Games 2023

• Named in BBC 100 Women 2023

• Awarded a memo for leading the Indian Women’s team in the most number of Women’s T20I matches in history by CEAT Cricket Rating Awards in 2024

Harmanpreet Kaur Career

Harmanpreet Kaur has been a prolific batter for the Indian women’s team in international cricket. She has represented the Indian women’s team across all formats and has a tremendous record under her belt.

Harmanpreet Kaur Domestic Career

Harmanpreet Kaur was the first Indian cricketer to get signed by an overseas club in the T20 format of the game. She started playing for Sydney Thunder, who were the Women's Big Bash League champions in the 2016-17 season. In the 2020-21 WBBL season, Kaur was adjudged the ‘Player of the Tournament’ for scoring 406 runs and taking 15 wickets. 

Harmanpreet Kaur WPL Career

Harmanpreet Kaur led the Mumbai Indians Women’s team to glory in the inaugural edition of the Women’s Premier League in 2023.

Harmanpreet Kaur International Career

Harmanpreet Kaur is the captain of the Indian women’s team across all formats. She has been a batting mainstay for the Women in Blue for more than a decade. Kaur has also chipped in with wickets with her off-break.

Harmanpreet Kaur ODI Career

Harmanpreet Kaur made her One-Day International debut at 20, against Pakistan in March 2009 in the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup. She bowled four overs only conceding 10 runs. 

Kaur scored 171 off 115 balls against Australia in the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup semi-final, which took the cricketing world by storm.

She also has a record for highest individual score for India in the history of the Women's Cricket World Cup. Kaur is also the second Indian batter to rank in the top 10 ICC Women's ODI Player Rankings.

Harmanpreet Kaur Test Career

Harmanpreet Kaur played her first test match on August 13, 2014, against England but was not successful in proving her potential in the innings. She took her maiden Test five-wicket haul against South Africa in November 2014.

Harmanpreet Kaur T20I Career

In June 2009, Harmanpreet Kaur made her T20 debut against England in the 2009 ICC Women's World Twenty20, scoring eight runs off seven balls. Harmanpreet was known for her exceptional skill to hit the ball a long way and she proved this against England women's in a T20 International game played in Mumbai in 2010, where she scored an extremely quick 33.

Kaur proved that she was a real talent and her play was so compelling that she was made the Indian captain in 2012 for Women’s T20 Asia Cup, as captain Mithali Raj was out with an injury.

Her first game as captain ended well when she put in great effort to defend a sum total of just 81 runs against Pakistan to win the Asia Cup.

Kaur captained India in ODI for the first time when the team faced Bangladesh at home. She had a fantastic series scoring her second century and had an average of 97.50 with a fifty and two wickets.

In November 2014, the Indian all-rounder showed her skills with the ball against the South Africa women's cricket team, taking 9 wickets in a test match which resulted in India winning the match by an innings.

Kaur was a big reason India managed to win the T20 series against the likes of Australia. She scored a rapid-fire 46 runs from 31 balls which helped them chase the highest score ever summed up in T20 Internationals. Her tremendous form did not come to a halt and in the 2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 she scored 89 runs, Harmanpreet also took seven wickets in four matches.

Harmanpreet was included in the CC Women's T20I Team of the Year in December 2017.

Kaur was once again given captaincy in October 2018 for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies. She was in the limelight because of her amazing performances in the last few years. She scored a cracking 103 off 51 balls against New Zealand and was the first woman to score a century in the Women’s T20I.

Harmanpreet Kaur Captaincy

Harmanpreet Kaur leads the Indian Women’s team across all formats of the game. She came close to a maiden Women’s T20 World Cup title in 2020 but lost to hosts Australia. She led India to a silver medal finish at the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2022 and a gold medal at the Asian Games 2023. Kaur captained the Mumbai Indians Women’s team to its maiden Women’s Premier League title in the inaugural season of the WPL in 2023.

Harmanpreet Kaur Family

Harmanpreet Kaur was born to Harmandar Singh Bhullar, a basketball and volleyball player. She pursued cricket after joining Gian Jyoti School Academy and was trained under coach Kamaldeesh Singh Sodhi.

Harmanpreet Kaur’s Net Worth

As of 2024, Harmanpreet Kaur’s net worth is estimated to be around INR 24 crores or USD 3 million.

Harmanpreet Kaur’s House

Harmanpreet Kaur owns mansions in Mumbai and Patiala.

Harmanpreet Kaur’s Cars

For her whirlwind knock of 171, Harmanpreet Kaur was gifted a Datsun Redi-go Sports car in 2017. Kaur also owns a vintage Jeep in her garage.