Harleen Deol showcasing her aggressive batting style during an international cricket match (Photo: Instagram @deol.harleen304)
Harleen Deol is the fast-rising women cricketer of India. She has emerged as a middle-order bat since her debut in international cricket in 2019 and has also gained prominence as a part-time spinner and having made a big name for herself as an all-rounder.
Harleen Deol is a famous Indian women cricketer of right-handed batting with off-spin bowling. She Plays for Gujarat Giants in Women's Premier League and also for Himachal Pradesh in domestic cricket. She has gradually made a name for herself on the world stage when joining the side in 2019.
She is born from Chandigarh and raised with all kinds of encouragement, Her mother and father set by the name of Charanjit Kaur Deol and Baghel Singh Deol, along with her younger brother Manojit Singh Deol. They all give an important support system to her to play cricket right from the age she started playing.
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Harleen Deol completed her schooling from Yadavindra Public School from Chandigarh, Rohtak. She graduated and continued her education in the same city under MCM DAV College with balancing studies with her rising cricket career.
Taking cricket seriously at the age of 14, Harleen quickly climbed up the junior levels to the senior domestic league. Internationally, she held her debut in 2019 when she played both One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals for India. Since then, she has featured as a middle-order batswoman and a handy spin bowler.
There exists in the career graph of Harleen an astonishing catch off England in the year of 2021 which became viral and appreciated by the legends like Sachin Tendulkar. In December 2024, she scored her first hundred in WODI matches against the West Indies. During the Women's Premier League event of 2023, she performed very impressively with her consistent batting by scoring above 200 runs with a decent strike rate over 125.
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Her wealth is between 1 million American dollars to 2 million American dollars derived from match payments, league contracts, and endorsements, among others. As a budding talent in Indian women's cricket, she similarly benefits from brand endorsements and sponsorship deals.
Aggressive stroke-play with nimble footwork, she is a right-handed middle-order batswoman. The strength of her variations comes from her off-spin while her agility and quick reflexes are a key strength in her fielding.
Against England, she debuts in Women's One Day International cricket on the 22nd of February 2019. Harleen has appeared in 24 WODI games and accrued more than 700 runs with a good strike rate while contributing occasionally with the ball.
Harleen arrived on the ground with her first WT20I having been played on 4 March 2019 against England immediately after WODI. Up until now she has played a total of 25 T20Is and has made all-important contributions in batting and wicket taking.
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