The captain of Mumbai Indians, Harmanpreet Kaur, is a towering personality in the Indian women’s circuit. She is the all-format captain of the Indian women’s cricket team and also led Mumbai to the Women’s Premier League (WPL) title in the previous edition.
Harmanpreet Kaur has the power to channelise her aggression into good performances and this has been a standout feature of the Indian all-format captain. She was purchased by Mumbai Indians for a whopping amount of Rs. 1.8 crores in the WPL 2023 auctions and has been an integral part of the Mumbai Indians setup.
The WPL 2024 season is all set to kickstart from 23rd February 2024 and should brim of a lot of action and entertainment. It will be taking place in Bengaluru and Delhi in this season.
In this article, we take a look at 3 reasons why Harmanpreet Kaur can have a good WPL 2024 season:
1. Harmanpreet Kaur will be leading from the front
Whenever a person leads a side, there are additional responsibilities under them. Since Harmanpreet Kaur will be leading the WPL side of Mumbai Indians, she will have the onus of delivering the goods with the bat.
She will be able to command respect from the domestic and foreign players of Mumbai Indians, only if she performs with the bat and leads with example.
2. Had a fantastic WPL 2023 season
The captain of Mumbai Indians had a phenomenal WPL 2023 season. Kaur finished as the second-highest run-getter of Mumbai and mustered 281 runs in 9 innings. She had a good average of 40.14 and hit 44 fours and 3 sixes.
Her good form will be running on her mind and it will power her to perform well in this edition of the marquee tournament.
3. Vast experience in this format of the game
Harmanpreet Kaur is a doyen of Indian cricket and had made her T20I debut way back in 2009. She has played 161 T20Is for India and has amassed 3204 runs and is the all-time leading run-scorer for India in this format.
With her rich experience, she will be able to analyse the game in WPL, a tad bit better than the others. Harmanpreet Kaur has played for more than a decade and has played with most of the Indians.
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