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Harmanpreet Kaur, captain of India’s women’s cricket team since 2016 and leader during their historic victories in the 2025 ICC Women’s World Cup and the recent Asian Games, announced her resignation on Instagram on Tuesday. At 37 years old, Kaur has led the team across formats for over a decade, notably helping India win their first-ever Women’s Cricket World Cup title at home. Smriti Mandhana is expected to take over as captain.
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Harmanpreet Kaur, long-serving captain of India's women’s cricket team across all formats, announced her resignation on Tuesday via Instagram. The decision comes two weeks after she led the team to a gold medal victory at the Asian Games over Sri Lanka and follows their successful defense of the title from 2023. Kaur took charge as Twenty20 captain in 2016, with additional roles in ODI and Test formats beginning in 2022. Her tenure includes leading India to their first ICC Women’s World Cup title at home in 2025. Kaur emphasized the emotional weight of her decision, noting the years of memories and sacrifices that have accompanied her leadership.
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India’s long-serving captain of the women’s cricket team, Harmanpreet Kaur, has stepped down from the role across all formats, bringing down the curtain on a successful stint as she led the South Asian team to their first ICC Women’s World Cup title at home in 2025.
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she → serve → 2025
Kaur announced her decision in a social media post on Tuesday, two weeks after leading India to a successful defence of their gold medal at the Asian Games.
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Kaur → announce → Games
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“Today, I step down as captain of the Indian Women’s Cricket Team across all formats,” she wrote in an Instagram post.
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she → turn → post
It carries years of memories, emotions, sacrifices, and moments that will stay with me for the rest of my life.
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that → carry → life
The 37-year-old was the Twenty20 captain for more than a decade after assuming the role in 2016, followed by ODI and Test captaincy in 2022.
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old → assume → 2022
Kaur, who made her T20I and ODI debuts for India in 2009, has had an illustrious career as skipper.
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who → make → skipper
Indian media reports said Kaur’s decision came a day after she met Devajit Saikia, secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), to discuss the future of the women’s team.
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she → say → team
Opening batter Smriti Mandhana, who has been Kaur’s deputy since 2022, is the favourite to take over the captain’s role.
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who → take → role
Under Kaur’s captaincy, India won their maiden Women’s Cricket World Cup title in November last year on home soil.
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India → win → soil
Most recently, she led India to title defence at the Asian Games, thrashing Sri Lanka, just after lifting the Women’s Asia Cup trophy earlier in September.
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she → lead → September
The top-order batter helped India reach the semifinals of the 2018 and 2023 Women’s T20 World Cups, as well as finish runners-up in the 2020 edition.
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India → help → edition
Kaur has captained India in five Tests, 51 ODIs and 155 T20Is, and is also the first cricketer — male or female — to captain her side in international cricket in more than 150 T20I games.
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Kaur → captain → games
“I leave the captaincy today with a heart full of emotions, but also with peace … because I genuinely believe my team is in a good place,” she said in her Instagram post.
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she → leave → post
“I feel I have done my duty.
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I → feel → duty
“Captaincy may end today, but my love for Indian cricket never will.
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love → end → cricket
“Now, I’m ready to play for the love of the game again.
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I → ’m → game
Captaincy ends.
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Captaincy → end → ?
The journey continues.”
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journey → continue → ?
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