Harmanpreet Kaur could barely put a foot wrong in Sri Lanka. Not merely did she lead the Women in Blue from the front, but she came up with a stunning individual performance as well.
She won the player-of-the-series awards in both ODIs and T20Is. That this was her first series after being named as India’s ODI captain, following the retirement of Mithali Raj, makes the feat even more significant.
Granted, it was only the neighbouring island India defeated, and not a more formidable rival like Australia or England, but this successful tour was what the doctor ordered for the team after the disappointment at the World Cup in New Zealand. And Mithali wasn’t the only experienced campaigner that didn’t travel to Sri Lanka.
