Harmanpreet Kaur is an Indian cricketer. She
plays as an all rounder for the Indian women's cricket team and was awarded the
prestigious Arjuna Award for Cricket in the year 2017 by the Ministry of Youth
Affairs and Sports.
In November 2018, she became the first woman
for India to score a century in a Women’s Twenty20 International (WT20I)
match. 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.
In December 2017, she was named as one of the players in the ICC
Women's T20I Team of the Year.
In
October 2018, she was named as the captain of India's squad for the 2018
ICC Women’s World T tournament in the West Indies. Ahead of the
tournament, she was named as one of the players to watch. In the opening
match of the tournament, against New Zealand, she became the first woman
for India to score a century in WT20Is, when she made 103 runs from 51
balls. She was the leading run-scorer for India in the tournament, with
183 runs in five matches.
In
November 2018, she was named in Sydney’s Thunder squad for the 2018-2019
Women’s Big Bash League. She was awarded Arjuna Award in 2017 and has been
recommended for Padma Shri in 2019.