India captain Harmanpreet Kaur was born on 8 March 1989. She leads India Women's National Cricket Team in all formats.
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India captain Harmanpreet Kaur was born on 8 March 1989. She leads India Women’s National Cricket Team in all formats. She plays as an all-rounder for the Indian women’s cricket team and she was awarded the Arjuna Award for Cricket in the year 2017 as well. In November 2018, she became the first woman for India to score a century in a WT20I match whereas in October 2019, during the series against South Africa, she became the first cricketer for India, male or female, to play in 100 international Twenty20 matches as well.
She made her ODI debut aged 20 against Pakistan women’s team in March 2009 in the 2009 Women’s Cricket World Cup at Bradman Oval, Bowral. In June 2009, she made her Twenty20 International debut against England women’s team at County Ground, Taunton where she scored 8 runs off 7 balls as well. However, she 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 as well.
However, in March 2013, she was named ODI captain of the India women’s team when Bangladesh women’s toured India where she scored her second ODI century in 2nd ODI. Her Test debut came in August 2014 against England women’s cricket team at Sir Paul Getty’s Ground, Wormsley as well. In November 2014, she took 9 wickets in a Test match South Africa women’s cricket team played at Gangothri Glades Cricket Ground, Mysore and took India to the finish line by an innings and 34 runs as well.
In June 2016, Harmanpreet Kaur became the first Indian cricketer to be signed by an overseas Twenty20 franchise. Sydney Thunder, the Women’s Big Bash League franchise, signed her for the 2016–17 season as well. However, on 20 July 2017, she scored 171(115) against Australia in the 2017 Women’s Cricket World Cup semi-final in Derby and helped India reach the final as well. Kaur’s 171 is currently the second-highest score by an Indian batter in women’s one-day internationals, behind India all-rounder Deepti Sharma’s 188 runs as well. Kaur also holds the record for the highest individual score for India in Women’s Cricket World Cup history as well.
In September 2021, Melbourne Renegades signed her for the 2021–22 Women’s Big Bash League season. In February 2023, in the inaugural WPL auction, Mumbai Indians bought her for ₹1.80 crores and she led The Mumbai Indians to win the inaugural WPL title as well.
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Her net worth is expected to be INR 23 crores (approx).
Her salary is likely to be INR 50 lakh – 1 crore
Mumbai Indians bought her for Rs 1.80 Crore in the inaugural edition of Women’s Premier League 2023.
She has endorsed these brands throughout the years: B-Natural juices, CEAT Tyres, Royal Challengers, Boost, HDFC Life, Glow & Lovely, WTF Fantasy Sports, str8Bat, Nike
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