A golden chapter in the history of the Indian women's cricket team came to an end on Tuesday. Harmanpreet Kaur, who took the Indian women's cricket team to new heights of success under her captaincy, has left her post. 37-year-old Harman announced her decision to step down from the captaincy of the women's cricket team on social media. She will remain active as a player.
Harmanpreet Kaur is the most successful captain of the Indian women's cricket team. Before Harmanpreet became the captain, the Indian team used to challenge big teams in the country and abroad, but remained away from victory. After becoming the full-time captain in 2016, Harman changed both the condition and direction of the team.
During his 10 years of captaincy, Harman not only made the Indian team champion on different global platforms, but also established the team as a strong and powerful force.
37-year-old Harmanpreet became the full-time captain in 2016. Under his captaincy, the Indian women's team won its first ICC event (ODI World Cup 2025). The Indian team defeated South Africa in the final.
Under the captaincy of Harmanpreet Kaur, the Indian team won the Asia Cup 4 times (2012, 2016, 2022 and 2026). In 2012, she was the temporary captain. Under the captaincy of Harman, the Indian women's team won gold medals twice consecutively in Hangzhou Asian Games 2023 and Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. In the Commonwealth Games 2022, the Indian team won the silver medal under the captaincy of Harman.
Recently the first women's Test was played at Lord's. The Indian team captained by Harman had created history by defeating the home team England.
In the last 10 years, Harmanpreet Kaur led the Indian team in five Tests, 51 ODIs and 155 T20s. After Harmanpreet Kaur, vice-captain Smriti Mandhana can be the new captain of the women's cricket team in all three formats.
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