Archive · 8 Oct 2026
Harmanpreet’s World Cup Legacy Passes to Smriti Mandhana
Harmanpreet Kaur led India’s women’s cricket team to a big win at the 2025 ODI World Cup.
Before that, the team had made it to several major T20 World Cup semifinals and a final.
India had reached two ODI World Cup finals before Harmanpreet became captain.
Her time as leader had difficult moments, and people sometimes questioned her choices.
The World Cup win showed that the team’s belief could lead to success.
Now Smriti Mandhana is taking over as captain.
She does not need to lead exactly like Harmanpreet did.
She will try to keep the team confident and help it achieve even more.
Harmanpreet Kaur captained India to the 2025 Women’s ODI World Cup title.
During her captaincy, India reached the 2018 T20 World Cup semifinal, the 2020 final and the 2023 semifinal.
India had reached two ODI World Cup finals before Harmanpreet took over.
Her leadership faced scrutiny as her batting became less consistent and some decisions were questioned.
Smriti Mandhana now takes over and is expected to build on the team’s confidence in her own way.
- Who
- Harmanpreet Kaur and the India women’s cricket team; Smriti Mandhana is taking over as captain.
- What
- Harmanpreet’s captaincy brought India the 2025 ODI World Cup title, and Mandhana now inherits the team.
- When
- Harmanpreet’s tenure included the 2018, 2020 and 2023 T20 World Cups and the 2025 ODI World Cup; Mandhana is taking over now.
- Where
- In international women’s cricket.
- Why
- Mandhana is expected to preserve the confidence built under Harmanpreet and lead the team forward in her own style.
- 2025 ODI World Cup
- India won the tournament under Harmanpreet Kaur’s captaincy.
- 2018 T20 World Cup
- India reached the semifinal.
- 2020 T20 World Cup
- India reached the final.
- 2023 T20 World Cup
- India reached the semifinal.
- Before Harmanpreet’s captaincy
- India had already reached two ODI World Cup finals.
- New captain
- Smriti Mandhana is taking over from Harmanpreet.