New Delhi: Indian women’s cricket team star player Harmanpreet Kaur is celebrating her 34th birthday today. She is an all-rounder Indian women’s cricket player. Born on Women’s Day, this female player has achieved a unique position in the cricket world. She single-handedly led the Indian team to victory in many matches. She is currently captaining Mumbai Indians (MI) in the Women’s Premier League (WPL 2023) which started this year. Harman, who entered the world of cricket in 2009, has played 100 ODIs and more than 100 T20 matches.
Harmanpreet Kaur was born on 8 March 1989 in Moga, Punjab. She was born to Harmandar Singh Bhullar, a volleyball and basketball player, and Satwinder Kaur. Harmanpreet started playing cricket in her school days, she played cricket with boys at the beginning of his career. She moved to Mumbai in 2014 and started working for the Indian Railways.
Harmanpreet Kaur is a big fan of former India opener Virender Sehwag. She considers him her idol. Harmanpreet plays the role of an all-rounder. She is an off-spinner and bats in the middle order. She was made the vice-captain of the Indian team in the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup-2022.
Harmanpreet Kaur played an unbeaten inning of 171 runs in the 2017 ODI World Cup semi-final match. He faced 115 balls and hit 20 fours, and 7 sixes. Due to her innings, India scored 281 runs for 4 wickets in 42 overs in this match. His brilliant innings played in this match have been recorded in the record book. Harmanpreet Kaur bats at number-4. This score is the highest score by a female batsman not only in the World Cup but also in the ODI format.
It is known that Harmanpreet Kaur is also the first Indian woman cricketer to score a century in T20. In this case, she has also gone ahead of former Indian captain Virat Kohli. He played an inning of 103 against New Zealand in T20 World Cup-2018. During this, this dashing player faced 51 balls and hit 7 fours, and 8 sixes. Her strike rate was more than 201.
This is the highest score by a female cricketer while batting at number 5 in the T20 International format. Apart from batting, Harmanpreet Kaur has also done wonders in bowling. Along with playing, Harman is also very fond of films. Her favorite film is Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. At the same time, his favorite actor is Ranveer Singh. In her free time, she likes to listen to music and drive.
