Harmanpreet Kaur is an Indian Women’s Cricket Team member. She is a popular all-rounder in the team. The performance for the team won her the Arjuna Award in 2017. She is a right-handed Batswoman and right arm-break bowler. Her brilliant skills to save the team in tough situations made her more popular. She was the Captain of the team during the Women’s Twenty20 Asia Cup in 2012. Her full name is Harmanpreet Kaur Bhullar. Her jersey number is 84 for Team India.
Biography and Educational Qualifications
Born in Punjab, she loved cricket. She completed her schooling in Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya. Later, she started practicing cricket at Gian Jyoti Sports Academy. Her father started coaching as she became interested in the game. She was actively scoring runs in quick time since early days in cricket. With back to back high scoring matches, she became an instant star.
In a short time, she was part of the regular Indian Women’s Cricket team. With good runs and wickets, she became a star of the team. She has been part of domestic cricket since 2006. Currently, she is active in Indian team and Supernovas team.
Family, Parents, Boyfriend
Harmanpreet Kaur was born in a Sikh family. Her father is Harmandar Singh Bhullar and mother is Satwinder Kaur. Hemjeet Kaur and two brothers are her siblings. Currently, she is single and unmarried.
Age, Height, Weight
She was born on 8 March 1989. Harmanpreet Kaur’s age is 32 years as of 2021. Her height is 5 feet and 3 inches and weight is 54 kgs. She has black eyes and black hair.
Career
Her career started against the Pakistan Women’s Cricket Team. Her fast paced batting gave huge success to the team. In 2012, she led the team and won the Women’s Twenty20 Asia Cup. She holds various records in batting and bowling during her career. Currently, she is still the leading all-rounder in the team. She is also representing India in T20, One Day Internationals and Test Cricket.
Controversy
In 2017, she was charged for breaching the cricket Australia code for conduct. She got fined for abuse of cricket equipment.
Achievements List
- Arjuna Award (2017)
Statistics of T20s: She has scored 2182 runs in 113 matches. Her bowling figures are 29 wickets.
Statistics of ODIs: Harmanpreet Kaur has scored 2,372 runs in 99 matches. She has taken 23 wickets.
