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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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