Harmanpreet Kaur's captaincy: 211 matches, one World Cup and a debate that never went away

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Harmanpreet Kaur has resigned after a 14-year tenure as India's women's cricket captain, leading the team in 211 matches and recording 126 wins. Her leadership included India's first Women's ODI World Cup title, though debate over her captaincy and succession persisted.

From a stand-in captain in 2012 to India's first women's ODI World Cup-winning skipper, Harmanpreet Kaur's 14-year captaincy produced 211 matches, 126 wins and eight title or gold-medal finishes. It also brought repeated questions over her leadership, batting and record against Australia. Her resignation closes a captaincy era that delivered the trophy India had waited for, while leaving the T20 World Cup and a long-running succession debate finally resolved.