An anecdote about Harmanpreet Kaur from 2016 perfectly sums up her competitiveness. Harshal Pathak, who worked on refining her batting technique for a couple of years leading up to the 2017 World Cup, recalls a nets session one evening before a regular practice match-up with some male cricketers on a Sunday. They had been working on improving her pull shot, so he asked one of the Under-16 pacers, who was sharp, to try a bouncer at her. Harmanpreet was late to the pull, and the ball hit her on the shoulder, bruising her. The next morning, she turned up for the match, gave Pathak the green light she can play and started warming up.

“After the warm-up, she just came to me and asked, ‘Woh kal waala bowler kis team mein hain?’ I said he is in your team. She said, ‘Nahi sir, usko opposite team

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