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| Full name | Harmanpreet Kaur Bhullar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1989-03-08)8 March 1989 (age 36) Moga, Punjab, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 75) | 13 August 2014 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 1 July 2024 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 91) | 7 March 2009 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 2 November 2025 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 23 (formerly 7) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 16) | 11 June 2009 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 30 December 2025 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 23 (formerly 7) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2006/07–2014/15 | Punjab | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014/15–2016/17 | Railways | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016/17–2018/19 | Sydney Thunder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Lancashire Thunder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | Supernovas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Manchester Originals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021/22–present | Melbourne Renegades | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021/22–present | Punjab | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Mumbai Indians | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Trent Rockets | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Harmanpreet Kaur Bhullar (born 8 March 1989) is an Indiancricketer who plays as anall-rounder and captains theIndia women's national team. She is atop order batter and a right-armoff-spin bowler. She captained the Indian team that won the2025 Women's Cricket World Cup, theWomen's Asia Cup in2012,[a]2016 and2022, and thegold medal in the2022 Asian Games. Under her captaincy, the Indian women's team achieved its first bilateralWomen's One Day International (WODI) away series win againstEngland since 1999 in2022, the first-everTest victory overAustralia in2023, and the firstWomen's Twenty20 International (WT20I) series win against England in2025. She was also a member of the Indian team that won thesilver medal in the2022 Commonwealth Games.
Harmanpreet has scored more than 8,000 runs in international cricket. In 2018, she became the first Indian to score acentury in a WT20I match. In 2019, during thehome series againstSouth Africa, she became the first Indian cricketer to play in 100T20 International matches. In 2023, she became the first Indian to scoremore than 3,000 runs in WT20Is. As of 2025[update], she is one of the only three Indian women to score more than 3,000 runs in WODIs. She also holds the record for the most runs scored in World Cup knockout matches (331 runs).
Harmanpreet captainsMumbai Indians in theWomen's Premier League (WPL), and led the team to WPL titles in2023 and2025. In 2016, she became the first Indian woman to be signed by an overseasT20 franchise after joiningSydney Thunder in the AustralianWomen's Big Bash League (WBBL). She led theSupernovas in the IndianWomen's T20 Challenge to titles in2018,2019, and2022. She has played forMelbourne Renegades in the WBBL,Manchester Originals andTrent Rockets inThe Hundred.
Harmanpreet was awarded theArjuna Award by theGovernment of India in 2017. In 2023, she was named as one of the fiveCricketers of the Year byWisden, and was the first Indian woman to be featured in the list. She also featured in the100 Next list byTime, and100 Women list byBBC in the same year. She was awarded thePadma Shri award, the fourth highest civilian honour, by the Government of India in 2026.
Harmanpreet Kaur was born on 8 March 1989 inMoga,Punjab, to Harmandar Singh Bhullar and Satwinder Kaur.[1][2] Her father was a former sportsman, and later worked as a clerk at a local judicial court.[3] She has a younger sister, Hemjeet Kaur.[4] While she claimed to have obtained aBachelor of Arts degree fromChaudhary Charan Singh University inMeerut, later investigation by thePunjab Police, after her honorary appointment as adeputy superintendent of police, revealed no such records. As per one of her acquaintances, she studied at theHans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya college of theGuru Nanak Dev University inJalandhar, Punjab.[5]
Harmanpreet took to cricket after joining the Gian Jyoti School Academy, about 30 km (19 mi) away from her residence, and trained under Kamaldeesh Singh Sodhi.[6][7] She played with men during the formative days of her career.[8] In 2014, she moved toMumbai and began working for theIndian Railways.[6][9]
In early 2009, Harmanpreet was named in theIndian team for the2009 World Cup.[10] She made herWODI debut aged 20 againstPakistan atBradman Oval during the World Cup.[11] In the match, shebowled fourovers conceding 10runs and took a catch.[12] She played six matches in the World Cup, scoring 42 runs across three innings.[13] In June 2009, she made herTwenty20 International debut in the2009 edition of theICC Women's World Twenty20 againstEngland atTaunton, in which she scored eight runs off seven balls.[11][14]
DuringEngland's tour of India in2009-10, she played two WODIs and three WT20Is. She scored her firsthalf-century in WODIs in the series on 1 March 2010.[13] In the WT20 series that followed, she scored 74 runs across three matches.[15] She was noted for her ability to hit the ball a long way during a quick-fire innings of 33 runs in the second WT20I game of the series.[16]
Harmanpreet was named as the stand-incaptain of the Indian team for the2012 Asia Cup final, as regular captainMithali Raj and vice-captainJhulan Goswami were ruled out because of injuries. India won the match against Pakistan by 81 runs to win the title.[17] She scored her firstWODI century against England on 3 February 2013 atBrabourne Stadium inMumbai.[13] In March 2013, she was named the captain of the WODI team whenBangladesh toured India.[18] In the series, she scored her second WODI century, and finished the series with 195 runs at average of 97.50.[13]
In August 2014, Harmanpreet was one of the eight players on debut in theTest match against England played atSir Paul Getty's Ground inWormsley. She scored nine runs across two innings as India beat England by six wickets.[19] In November 2014, she scored 17 runs and took nine wickets in a Test match againstSouth Africa atMysore to help India win the match by an innings and 34 runs.[20] In January 2016, she helped India to win the WT20I series againstAustralia. She scored 70 runs across two innings including aplayer of the match performance of 46 runs in 31 balls in India's successful chase in the first match of the series.[15][21] In the subsequent2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 hosted by India, Harmanpreet scored 89 runs and took seven wickets across four matches.[15][22]
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Harmanpreet was the captain of the Indian side that won the2016 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup held in November-December 2016.[23][24] She was part of the Indian squad that reached thefinal of the2017 Women's Cricket World Cup where the team lost toEngland by nine runs.[25][26][27] On 20 July 2017, she scored 171 runs of 115 balls against Australia in the semi-finals of the World Cup.[28][29] It is the second-highest score by an Indian batter in WODIs,[30] the highest individual score for India in the Women's Cricket World Cup,[31] and the highest ever individual score in a knockout stage of a Women's World Cup match.[32][33] In July 2017, Harmanpreet became the second Indian batter to feature in the top-10 of ICC Women's ODI Player Rankings after Mithali Raj.[34] In December 2017, she was named in the ICC Women's T20I Team of the Year.[35][36]
In October 2018, Harmanpreet was named as the captain of Indian squad for the2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[37][38] In the opening match of the tournament, againstNew Zealand, she became the first woman for India toscore a century in WT20Is, when she made 103 runs from 51 balls.[39][40] She was the leading run-scorer for India in the tournament, with 183 runs in five matches.[41] During thehome series againstSouth Africa in September-October 2019, she became the first Indian cricketer to appear in 100 T20 International matches.[42]
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In January 2020, Harmanpreet was named as the captain of India's squad for the2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[43] In March 2021, in a match against South Africa, she became fifth Indian woman cricketer to represent the country in 100 ODIs.[44] In May 2021, she was named as the vice-captain of India's Test squad for theirone-off match against England.[45] In January 2022, she was named in India's team for the2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.[46] She was the top-run scorer for India in the tournament with 318 runs across seven matches.[47] In July 2022, she captained the Indian team that won the silver medal in thecricket tournament at the2022 Commonwealth Games inBirmingham, England.[48][49] In theaway series against England in September 2022, Harmanpreet led the Indian team to its first bilateral WODI series win in England since 1999.[50] She was named player of the series after topping the run scoring charts with 221 runs in three matches.[51] Her contributions included a century (143*) in the second match of the series, which is the highest individual score by an Indian captain in WODIs and the highest against England women in England.[50] She captained the Indian team that won the gold medal in thecricket tournament at the2022 Asian Games held in September-October 2022.[52]
In February 2023, Harmanpreet captained the Indian team in the2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup held in South Africa. In the group stage match againstIreland in the World Cup, she became the first Indian to scoremore than 3,000 runs in WT20Is.[53] In July 2023, Harmanpreet was fined 75% of her match fee, received four demerit points, and was suspended for two matches by theInternational Cricket Council (ICC) for breaching thecode of conduct for her outbursts during the final WODI of thetour of Bangladesh.[54][55] She hit thestumps with herbat after she was declaredout, publicly criticised the umpires in the post-match presentation, and shouted during a photo session, leading theBangladeshi players to walk-out.[56] In December 2023, she led India to its first ever test win against Australia during theone-off test match atWankhede Stadium in Mumbai.[57] She was named as one of the fiveWisdenCricketers of the Year for 2023 and was the first Indian woman to be featured in the list.[58]
Harmanpreet captained the Indian squad for the2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup[59] and for their homeODI series against New Zealand in October 2024.[60] In the World Cup, she was the top-scorer for India with 150 runs across four matches.[61] In theaway series against England in July 2025, she led India to its first WT20I series win against England.[62]
In October-November 2025, Harmanpreet captained India to its first-ever ICC Women's Cricket World Cup title. India defeated South Africa by 52 runs in the final at theDY Patil Stadium on 2 November 2025.[63] In the semi-finals, India successfully chased 339 runs to hand Australia its first defeat in a World Cup since its loss to India in 2017. Harmanpreet scored 89 runs and shared a 167-run partnership withJemimah Rodrigues, which helped India complete the highest successful run chase in WODI history.[64][65] In the final against South Africa, Harmanpreet took the catch that dismissedNadine de Klerk, which ended the match.[66] With her score of 20 runs in the final, she holds the record for the most runs scored in World Cup knockout matches (331 runs).[67] Media reports highlighted Harmanpreet's on-field leadership, positive field settings and use of bowling resources as factors in India's victory.[68][69] The World Cup was reported as a major moment in the Indian cricketing history, and the win was credited with producing a significant surge in public and media attention for the women's game across India.[68][69]
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In June 2016, Harmanpreet signed forSydney Thunder in theWomen's Big Bash League for the2016–17 season.[70][71] She was the first Indian women's cricketer to sign for an overseas Twenty20 franchise.[72][73] She continued to represent the Thunder in the2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season.[74][75] In September 2021, she was signed byMelbourne Renegades for the2021-22 Big Bash League.[76] She scored 399 runs and took 15 wickets in 11 matches to be named as the Player of the Tournament in the 2021–22 season.[77]
In 2018, Harmanpreet was announced as the captain of theSupernovas team in the newly formedWomen's T20 Challenge.[78] She led the side to victory in the inaugural exhibition season in2018.[79] Later, Supernovas won the title in2019 and2022 under Harmanpreet's captaincy.[80]
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In 2021, Harmanpreet was drafted byManchester Originals for theinaugural season ofThe Hundred.[81] She scored 104 runs across three innings at an average of 52,[82] before withdrawing herself from the tournament due to injury.[83] For the2023 The Hundred season, she signed forTrent Rockets.[84] She scored only 72 runs across seven matches during the 2023 season, and did not return for thenext season.[85]
In February 2023, in the inauguralWomen's Premier Leagueauction, Harmanpreet was bought byMumbai Indians for₹18 million (US$210,000).[86][87] She was later appointed as the captain of the side, and led the team to the inaugural WPL title in the2023 season.[88] In March 2025, she became the first captain to lead a side to multiple WPL trophies, after leading Mumbai Indians to their second title in the2025 WPL season.[89] In the WPL, she has mostly played as a batter, and has scored 851 runs in 27 matches at abatting average of 40.52 across the three seasons.[90]
During the Dhaka ODI, Harmanpreet made her displeasure with the umpiring clear: she reacted to her dismissal by smashing the stumps with her bat, and went on to call the umpiring "pathetic" at the post-match presentation. When players from the two teams posed for end-of-series photographs, Harmanpreet is understood to have shouted out, "bring the umpires too", suggesting they had been part of the Bangladesh team.
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