Sup-Harman-Thor.

She’s a matchwinner. We know that. She can decimate opponents. We know that as well. She is Harmanpreet Kaur, genius with the bat, genius in the field. Ask England. Ask the people witnessing the decimation on a cold evening at Chester-le-Street. 

You cannot go wrong when Harman’s in the zone. She might’ve been coming off a slight rough patch, but come the series decider, he brought out peak Harman. She was happy taking her time at the start, getting off the mark on the 11^th ball she faced. She stayed risk-averse at the start, got to her fifty in 54 balls, stayed around a run a ball for a bit more, ticking off the 4000-runs in ODIs milestone on the way. And then the switch flicked.

Two boundaries in the 44^th over off Lauren Filer, three off the 45^th off Linsey Smith. Suddenly, a century was calling. It came duly, #7in ODIs for our #7 off a mere 82 balls.

A whopping 120 runs came off the last ten overs. England were set a mountain of 319 to win. But Harman wasn’t done. When things seemed to get tricky in the second innings, she was at her tactical best, marshalling the troops, drying out the boundaries, pushing India past the finishing line to seal the series, win the Player of the Match and the Player of the Series on the way.

“This series win means a lot to us… I want to dedicate this knock for my dad, he has been waiting for this kind of knock. I was a little under pressure and wanted to do well for the team. When you work hard, the right time will come to deliver,” she said post the match.

With the World Cup at home fast approaching, Kaptaan Kaur has sounded the war cry!