Harmanpreet Kaur Biography - Birth date, Achievements, Career, Family, Awards

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Harmanpreet Kaur Quick General Knowledge

Name	Harmanpreet Kaur (Harmanpreet Kaur)
Real name	Harmanpreet Kaur Bhullar
Date of Birth	08 March 1989
Birth Place	Moga, Punjab, India
Monther & Father Name	Satvinder kaur / Harmandar Singh Bhullar
Achievement	2016 - First Indian female player to play in Australia's cricket tournament Big Bash League
Profession / Country	Female / Player / India

Harmanpreet Kaur - First Indian female player to play in Australia's cricket tournament Big Bash League (2016)

Harmanpreet Kaur is an Indian woman player. She plays as an all-rounder for the Indian women's cricket team. He has played a total of 78 ODIs, 2 Tests and 68 International T20 matches for India so far (23 September). In November 2018, she became the first woman in India to score a century in a Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) match. In October 2019, during the series against South Africa, he became the first cricketer for India to play 100 international Twenty20 matches, either male or female.

Harmanpreet Kaur Birth Info

Harmanpreet Kaur was born on 8 March 1989 in Moga, Punjab. His mother's name is Harmander Singh Bhullar who was a volleyball player and his father's name is Satwinder Kaur who was a basketball player. His parents are baptized Sikhs. She has a younger sister named Hemjit Kaur. She is a postgraduate in English and works as an assistant professor at Guru Nanak College in Moga.

Harmanpreet Kaur Education

Harmanpreet Kaur completed her primary education at village Hansraj Mahila Vidyalaya, Jalandhar. After this Harmanpreet enrolled in the New Gyan Jyoti Academy, then she had to go 30 km away from her house.

Harmanpreet Kaur Career Life

Harmanpreet Kaur started playing cricket when she was studying in school. She has always been influenced by Virender Sehwag. Harman played with men early in his career. Harman's father was an aspiring cricketer at one time. He was Harman's first coach when he started playing cricket. She made her ODI debut at the age of 20 against arch-rivals Pakistan women in the Women's Cricket World Cup played at Bradman Oval, Bowral in March 2009. In the match, Harman threw 4 overs, conceded 10 runs and gave a catch to Armaan Khan off Amita Sharma.

In 2009, she made her Twenty20 international debut in the 2009 ICC Women's World Twenty20 against England's women at County Ground, Taunton, where she scored 8 runs off 7 balls. The ability to hit the ball for a long time was seen when Harman played a brisk 33-run knock against England women in a T20I game played in 2010 in Mumbai. She was named as the Indian women's captain for the 2012 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup final, as captain Mithali Raj and vice-captain Jhulan Goswami were out due to injuries. And then he made his debut as captain against Pakistan's women, and defended India by 81 runs and won the Asia Cup.

In March 2013, Harmanpreet was named India's women's ODI captain when she went on a women's tour of India in Bangladesh. In August 2014, she was one of eight matches played against England's women's cricket team in a test match at Sir Paul Getty's Ground, Wormsley, in which she ducked 9 and one. In June 2016, she became the first Indian cricketer to be signed by a foreign Twenty20 franchise. Sydney Thunder, the Women's Big Bash League champions, signed her for the 2016–17 season. On 20 July 2017, she scored 171* (115) against Australia in the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup semi-final in Derby. Kaur's 171* is currently the second highest score by an Indian batsman in women's one-day internationals behind Deepti Sharma's 188 runs. Kaur also holds the record for the highest individual score for India in Women's Cricket World Cup history. Kaur now holds the record for the highest individual score, surpassing the previous record of 107* set by Karen Rolton in the knockout stage of a Women's World Cup match (171*).

Harmanpreet Kaur was part of the Indian team that reached the final of the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup where the team lost to England by nine runs. In July 2017, Harman became the second Indian batsman after Mithali Raj to be in the top-10 in the ICC Women's ODI Player Rankings. In January 2020, she was named the captain of India's team for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.