India batter Harmanpreet Kaur has left her role as national team captain across all three formats of international cricket.<\/p>\n
Harmanpreet led India in five Tests, 51 one-day internationals and 155 T20 internationals and took her country to their first global title, winning the 50-over World Cup last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n The 37-year old last captained her country on 22 September, when she helped secure a second successive Asian Games title against Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n In a post on Instagram, external<\/a>, Harmanpreet said she was leaving the India side in a “good place” and that she’s now “ready to play for the love of the game again”.<\/p>\n “This is not an easy decision,” Harmanpreet wrote. “It carries years of memories, emotions, sacrifices, and moments that will stay with me for the rest of my life.<\/p>\n “I have given everything I had to this team and to Indian women’s cricket – my blood, my sweat, my time, and many times, a part of my own game and personal ambitions. <\/p>\n “There were moments when I had to put my individual performance, my own growth, and what I wanted for myself aside, because I believed the team had to come first.<\/p>\n “As a captain, I have had to make difficult decisions. Decisions that were not always understood, not always easy, and sometimes came at a personal cost. But every decision I made was with one intention – to make this TEAM better and to give other players the opportunity to grow, believe in themselves and become the best versions of themselves.”<\/p>\n Harmanpreet, who first captained India in 2012, led her side to victory in the one-off Test against England at Lord’s in July<\/a>.<\/p>\n