Never stop dreaming, you never know where destiny will take you: Harmanpreet Kaur

Harmanpreet Kaur

"Even though we expected to complete the facilities at the stadium in Kochi, due to some inconvenience, the work could not be finished on time. As the stadium approval was not received, we could not host the match," he said.

Still quite overwhelmed by emotions, India’s newest World Cup-winning captain Harmanpreet Kaur has recalled how picking up her sports tragic father’s “big” cricket bat as a kid ignited the dream that is now a reality.

After leading India to a 52-run win over South Africa in the women’s World Cup summit clash in Navi Mumbai on Sunday, Harmanpreet, in a video posted by the BCCI, recalled her childhood and also had one advice for aspiring young players — “Never stop dreaming. You never know where your destiny will take you.” “Ever since, I was a kid, I’ve always had a bat in my hand. I still remember we used to play with a bat from my dad’s kit bag. The bat was very big. One day, my dad carved a small bat for me out of one of his old bats. We used to play with it.

“Whenever we used to watch a match on TV, or watch India play, or watch the World Cup, I used to think, I need an opportunity like this. At that time, I didn’t even know about women’s cricket,” Harmanpreet said as she Harmanpreet’s father Harmandar Singh Bhullar dabbled in cricket and football before settling for a clerk’s job at a local judicial court in Punjab’s Moga, the city where she was born and brought up.