Harleen Deol is an Indian cricketer who plays as a batsman for the Indian women’s national cricket team. A right-arm batsman and right-arm spin and leg-smashing Google bowler, Harleen Deol is the second female cricketer from Chandigarh to play for India (after Tanya Bhatia). Harlin rose to fame with his ‘catch of the year’ against England in the first T20 match in July 2021. On 13 February 2023, Harleen Deol was signed by Gujarat Giants for Rs. 40 GEL.
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Harleen Kaur Deol was born on Sunday, 21 June 1998 (age 25 years; as of 2023) in Chandigarh, Punjab. His zodiac sign is Gemini.
A collage of Harleen Deol’s childhood pictures
His father hails from Patiala, Punjab. He did his schooling at Yadwindra Public School, Mohali. Harleen attended MCM DAV College, Chandigarh to pursue her graduation in Arts. He got interested in cricket at a young age and started playing cricket with his brother at the age of seven. Soon he started accompanying his brother to the neighborhood park where he played cricket with him and his friends. When his brother entered higher studies, he stopped playing cricket. However, Harlin continued to play cricket with the other boys in the park. Seeing Deoli (the only girl) playing cricket with the boys, the neighbors often complained about her to her mother, which she often ignored. Once when Harleen was in Class 3, his school cricket coach Praveen Singha noticed him bowling against the best batsman in his class. Impressed with his skills at such a young age, his coach asked him to attend trials for the under-19 school team. He was eight years old at that time. After his selection in the Tests, Harleen started playing for his school’s cricket team in inter-school matches. Subsequently, he started playing inter-district cricket under his coach RP Singh. Deol idolized Brett Lee as a child. After Harlin occasionally bowled leg-spinner as a variation, his coach once asked him to try out for Punjab’s junior team as there was a demand for a leg-spinner.
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′ 3″
Hair color: black
Eye color: brown
family
parents and siblings
Harleen Deol’s father, Baghel Singh Deol, is a businessman. His mother, Charanjit Kaur Deol, is a government employee. He has an elder brother, Manjot Singh Deol, who is a doctor.
Harleen Deol with her father
Harleen Deol with her mother
Harleen Deol with her brother
Affairs / boyfriends
Apparently, she had a boyfriend named Majid Malik during her school days.
Cricket
Domestic
Harleen Deol started playing for Punjab women at the age of 10 in the sub-junior tournament. After playing a few matches for Punjab, Harlin moved to the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association in search of better opportunities. In 2015, he scored 116 runs for North Zone against East Zone in an inter-zonal tournament. In 2017, while playing for Punjab Women in a tournament, Deoli broke her finger and was ruled out of the team for the entire season.
Harleen Deol represents the women of Himachal during a cricket match
Harlin, who used to play as a lower-order batsman, started the game as an opener after the match against Hyderabad, where his team quickly took four wickets for 22 runs. After Deol came out to play, he took the score to 100. Impressed with his performance, the coach told him that his batting was better than some top-order batsmen and asked him to open in the next match. In the next match as an opener, he scored 49 runs. Harlin also played a few matches for India Red Women.
International
One Day International
In February 2019, Harleen Deol received an ODI cap from Jhulan Goswami, becoming the second Indian woman cricketer from Chandigarh to be part of the Indian women’s national team after Tanya Bhatia.
Harleen Deol received his One Day International cap from Jhulan Goswami
Deol made his One Day International (ODI) debut for India on 22 February 2019, in which he played against England at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
T20
Harleen Deol made her T20 International debut on 4 March 2019 against England Women in Guwahati. In January 2020, she was part of the Indian squad that competed in the 2020 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in Australia. Harlin also played for India A Women and India C Women.
Harleen Deol during a cricket match
Women’s T20 Challenge
On 6 May 2019, Harleen Deol made her debut for IPL Trailblazers against IPL Supernovas in a Women’s T20 Challenge. In the match, he formed an excellent partnership of 119 runs with Smriti Mandana. He played for the Trailblazers until 2020.
Harleen Deol celebrates a wicket with her teammates during the debut Women’s T20 Challenge
In 2022, he started playing in IPL Supernovas.
Harleen Deol plays for IPL Supernovas
Commonwealth Games
In July 2022, she was part of the Indian women’s team to represent India at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. The team qualified for the final after defeating England Women by four runs in the semi-final. However, in the final match of the tournament, India lost to Australia by nine runs and won the silver medal.
The Indian women’s team qualified for the final after defeating England in the semi-finals of the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Women’s Premier League (WPL)
In February 2023, during the first Women’s Premier League auctions, Gujarat Giants secured her services for Rs. 40 GEL.
catch of the year
On July 10, 2021, during the first T20I at Northampton, Harleen Deol took one of the most sensational and jaw-dropping catches in the history of women’s cricket, dismissing Amy Jones, the England bat. Jones appeared to be hitting 43 when, in the nineteenth over of the innings, off the bowling of Shikha Pandey, he lofted the ball towards the boundary line, hoping to clear the pitch. However, when the ball reached the rope, Deol, who was positioned at the far off, timed his jump perfectly and caught the ball safely. The moment he realized the rope was about to go into momentum, he quickly tossed the ball into the air and ran back onto the court to catch it again before it hit the ground. Impressed by his catch, Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised him for his memorable catch.
Harleen Deol’s jaw-dropping
the chosen ones
- Food: Chicken and chili prepared by mother
- Book: You can win Shiv Khera
- Subject (at school): Chemistry
Facts/Trivia
- He follows a non-vegetarian diet.
- In her spare time, Harlin enjoys dancing, watching movies, and playing golf.
Harleen Deol plays golf
- Harlin also played basketball and football in high school.
- His family and friends affectionately call him Harry.
- In an interview, Harlin revealed that if he hadn’t been a cricketer, he would have been a pilot.
- Harleen Deol took to her Instagram to like the vitamin and supplement brand Fast&Up.
Harleen Deol supports Fast&Up on Instagram
- Harleen is a dog lover and often posts pictures of herself with dogs on social media.
Harleen Deol with dog
- Harlin is very particular about his fitness and adheres to strict training.
Harleen Deol during training
- In an interview, Harleen revealed that it was her grandmother Gurdev Kaur’s dream for Harleen to become a cricketer.
- In an interview, when talking about her daughter’s injuries while playing cricket, Harleen’s mother said:
Harlin started playing cricket at the age of seven and I still remember him walking home from the Yadwindra Public School pitch after bowling with a broken finger a few months into his career. Once, while playing for the Himachal Pradesh team in Gujarat, he bowled despite an injured finger. To see him pull off such a sensational catch without worrying about falling and from players like Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman and Nasser Hussain besides leaders and fans is the biggest reward for Harlin’s hard work.
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