New Delhi: Indian women's cricket team tutorage Harmanpreet Kaur on Tuesday suddenly spoken her resignation from the captaincy of all formats. 37-year-old Harmanpreet informed well-nigh her visualization through an emotional post on social media. However, she clarified that leaving the captaincy does not midpoint keeping loftiness from cricket. She will protract to play for the Indian team as a player. Her visualization comes without the recent review meeting of BCCI, in which Harmanpreet was moreover attended by vice-captain Smriti Mandhana and throne mentor Amol Majumdar.
What did Harmanpreet say while leaving the captaincy?
Harmanpreet wrote in her post that leaving the captaincy of all formats was not an easy decision. Many years of memories, emotions, sacrifices and such moments are associated with this responsibility, which she will remember throughout her life. She said that she gave her all to Indian women's cricket and the team. On many occasions she had to put whispered her personal priorities and ambitions, as the team unchangingly came first for her.
She moreover said that as tutorage she had to take many difficult decisions. It was not necessary that every visualization be liked by everyone, but their objective was to make the team largest and to requite the players a endangerment to move forward. In her message, Harmanpreet recalled the team's difficult times, criticism and disappointments as well as the big wins and pride of representing the country.
How big was the success?
The biggest milestone in Harmanpreet Kaur's captaincy career came in 2025, when under her leadership the Indian women's team won the ODI World Cup title for the first time. Without this, in 2026 moreover the team achieved many big achievements under her captaincy. Recently India won the gold medal in women's T20 cricket in the Asian Games. Earlier, the Indian team had moreover won the title of 2026 Asia Cup.
Harmanpreet took over the captaincy of the Indian T20 team in 2016. In 2022, she got the writ of the ODI team and in 2023 she became the tutorage of all formats. In this way, she led the Indian T20 team for scrutinizingly a decade and was the most prominent leader of the women's cricket team for a long time.
Will Smriti Mandhana wilt the next captain?
After Harmanpreet stepped lanugo from the captaincy post, now Smriti Mandhana's name is stuff discussed the most. Mandhana has been playing the role of vice-captain of the team for a long time and is an important part of the Indian team in all three formats. However, the name of the new tutorage has not been officially spoken by BCCI yet. Therefore, considering Mandhana as the next tutorage is currently stuff seen only as a possible option.
Will Harmanpreet's international journey continue?
Despite stepping lanugo from the captaincy, Harmanpreet has made it well-spoken in her message that her relationship with Indian cricket has not ended. She said that now she is ready to play then for her love for the game. Her message was, “Captaincy ends, the journey continues.” This ways that in the coming times, she will protract to be seen as a player in the jersey of the Indian team.
This transpiration for Harmanpreet has come at a time when under her captaincy, Indian women's cricket has achieved success on big stages like the World Cup and Asian Games. Now the team will squatter the rencontre of moving forward with the transpiration in leadership, while Harmanpreet's role will protract as a senior player.
