Harmanpreet Kaur resigns, ending 14-year India captaincy with 211 matches and an ODI World Cup
Cricket
Harmanpreet Kaur resigned as India's women's cricket captain, closing a 14-year captaincy that began with her standing in as captain in 2012, the Times of India reported on October 7, 2026.
Her tenure encompassed 211 matches, 126 wins and eight title or gold-medal finishes, and made her India's first women's ODI World Cup-winning skipper.
The period drew repeated questions over her leadership, batting and record against Australia, and her resignation leaves the T20 World Cup and a long-running succession debate resolved.
