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Harmanpreet Kaur Steps Down as India Women's Captain After Asian Games Gold

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GUWAHATI: Harmanpreet Kaur has stepped down as captain of the Indian women's cricket team in all three formats, All India Radio reported on October 6. The 37-year-old announced her decision after a review meeting of the Board of Control for Cricket in India in Guwahati, and will continue to play for India in all formats.

The decision comes days after she led India to the Asian Games gold in Aichi-Nagoya, where the women beat Sri Lanka by 147 runs in the final to retain the title they won at Hangzhou in 2023.

Harmanpreet captained India in five Tests, 51 One Day Internationals and 155 Twenty20 Internationals, according to All India Radio. She had led the T20 side since 2016 and took charge of the ODI team in 2022. Last year, she led India to their first Women's ODI World Cup title.

Her captaincy came under scrutiny after India's exit from…

Harmanpreet Kaur in a green and black kit playing a shot with a white ball

Two Hockey Golds, Two Olympic Berths: India's Men and Women Win Asian Games Titles Together for the First Time

EEST TV News Desk

AMRITSAR: India's men's hockey team landed at Amritsar airport on October 6 to drums, garlands and bouquets, two days after the close of an Asian Games at which Indian hockey achieved something it never had before: gold in both the men's and the women's tournaments at the same Games.

Fans, Punjab Hockey Association officials and the players' parents were at the airport, All India Radio reported. Among the players who landed were captain Harmanpreet Singh, Jugraj Singh, Hardik and Manpreet Singh.

The men beat Malaysia 5-1 in the final on…

Hockey players on an artificial pitch seen from the stands, with substitutes along the touchline
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