Indian women’s cricket team’s star batsman and captain Harmanpreet Kaur has taken a historic and shocking decision to step down from the captaincy. Giving information through social media, she has resigned from the captaincy of all formats of the Indian women’s team. His decision has created a sensation in the cricket world and has started a round of discussions among the fans.

Decision came after review meeting with BCCI

This big decision of Harmanpreet Kaur to leave the captaincy has come just after the high-level review meeting with the Board of Control for Cricket in India i.e. BCCI. This important review meeting was held in Guwahati, Assam, which was chaired by BCCI Secretary Devjit Saikia. Apart from captain Harmanpreet Kaur herself, vice-captain Smriti Mandhana and head coach Amol Majumdar were also specially present on behalf of the Indian women’s team in this meeting, where the team’s performance and future strategies were discussed.

‘The decision was not easy, but the team always remained at the forefront’

Giving information about her decision, Harmanpreet Kaur shared an emotional post on Instagram. She wrote that leaving the captaincy of the Indian women’s cricket team was not at all an easy decision for her. There are countless memories, deep emotions and many sacrifices associated with this post.

Harmanpreet further wrote that she has given everything for the country’s women’s team and the interest of the team has always been paramount for her. As a captain, he often had to take tough and difficult decisions so that the team could be made stronger at the global level.

Goodbye with a heavy heart, but contentment about the future

At the end of her post, she wrote that she is leaving the captaincy with a very heavy heart, but there is also a deep satisfaction within her that now the Indian team is completely safe and in good hands. He has performed his responsibility as captain with complete honesty and devotion.

Now a new chapter of his cricket career is going to start. This captaincy journey may be coming to an end, but his dedication and love for Indian cricket will never diminish. He has expressed his heartfelt gratitude to all his coaches, support staff, fellow players and his family for supporting him through every ups and downs and good and bad times in his journey.

Harmanpreet’s captaincy journey has been wonderful

Under her brilliant leadership, 37-year-old experienced player Harmanpreet Kaur took over the captaincy for India in a total of 5 Test matches, 51 ODI matches and 155 T20 International matches. His last and most memorable moment as captain came last month, when on the basis of his excellent captaincy, he won the Indian team the Asian Games gold medal for the second consecutive time. Her contribution will always be remembered in golden letters in the history of Indian women’s cricket.