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India\u2019s long-serving captain of the women\u2019s 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\u2019s World Cup title at home in 2025.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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\u201cToday, I step down as captain of the Indian Women\u2019s Cricket Team across all formats,\u201d she wrote in an Instagram post.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not an easy decision. It carries years of memories, emotions, sacrifices, and moments that will stay with me for the rest of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Kaur, who made her T20I and ODI debuts for India in 2009, has had an illustrious career as skipper.<\/p>\n

Indian media reports said Kaur\u2019s decision came a day after she met Devajit Saikia, secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), \u2060to discuss the future of the women\u2019s team.<\/p>\n

Opening batter Smriti Mandhana, who has been Kaur\u2019s deputy since 2022, is the favourite to take over the captain\u2019s role.<\/p>\n

Under Kaur\u2019s\u00a0captaincy, India won their maiden Women\u2019s Cricket World Cup title<\/a> in November last year on home soil.<\/p>\n

Most recently, she led India to title defence<\/a> at the Asian Games, thrashing Sri Lanka, just after lifting the Women\u2019s Asia Cup trophy<\/a> earlier in September.<\/p>\n

The top-order batter helped India reach the semifinals of the 2018 and 2023 Women\u2019s T20 World Cups, as well as finish runners-up in the 2020 edition.<\/p>\n

Kaur has captained India in five Tests, 51 ODIs and 155 T20Is, and is also the first cricketer \u2014 male or female \u2014 to captain her side in international cricket in more than 150 T20I games.<\/p>\n

\u201cI leave the captaincy today with a heart full of emotions, but also with peace \u2026 because I genuinely believe my team is in a good place,\u201d she said in her Instagram post. \u201cI feel I have done my duty.<\/p>\n

\u201cCaptaincy may end today, but my love for Indian cricket never will.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, I\u2019m ready to play for the love of the game again. Captaincy ends. The journey continues.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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