The 28-year-old Harmanpreet Kaur’s story has almost all the colours of life – A story that emerges from sacrifice, despair, rejection and then finally the triumph.
Here are 10 things you may want to know about India's new cricket sensation, Harmanpreet Kaur:
- Harmanpreet Kaur, 28-year-old, was born in Moga, Punjab on March 8, 1989.
- Her knock of 171 runs against Australia in Cricket World Cup is the second highest score by an Indian in women’s ODIs.
- She is placed 10th in the ICC batswomen’s rankings (Feb 2017).
- She has more than 94,000 followers on Twitter.
- She made her One Day International debut against India's arch-rivals Pakistan in the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup.
- Harmanpreet is the first Indian to play in foreign T20 leagues. She plays for Sydney Thunder in Women's Big Bash League in Australia.
- She is also the first Indian cricketer to play the T20 Kiya League in England.
- Virender Sehwag and Ajinkya Rahane are her batting idols.
- There are different versions on why she wears jersey #84. , she wears it to show solidarity with the victims of the 1984 Sikh massacre. that she selected this number randomly. In the World cup final, she came out to bat wearing a jersey No. 17.
- She is currently employed as Chief Office Superintendent in the Mumbai division of Western Railway (WR). After her world cup performance, Punjab Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh offered her DSP's position in Punjab Police, saying he wants to "correct a wrong" done to her in the past.
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