India women’s star all-rounder Harmpanpreet Kaur is all set to sign for Kia Super League (KSL) outfit Lancashire Thunder for the 2018 edition according to latest reports.
The 29-year-old India star has already signed a contract with Lancashire Thunder according to a report by ESPNCricinfo and will be travelling to England on July 15. The KSL outfit are yet to make the announcement public as of yet.
This will be Harmanpreet’s first stint in the KSL after an injury sustained during the 2017 ICC Women’s World Cup put paid to her hopes of turning out for the Surrey Stars last year.
She will become the second Indian cricketer to participate in the KSL in the coming season after Smriti Mandhana was bought by defending champions Western Storm.
The all-rounder shot to fame with her stupendous innings of 171 against Australia in the semi-finals of the ICC World Cup in England last year following which her contract with Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) outfit Sydney Thunder was extended by two years.
Harmanpreet scored 171 in the World Cup semi-finals last year.
She finished as the Player-of-the-tournament in the recently concluded Asia Cup where India finished runners-up to Bangladesh. Hamrampreet has scored 156 runs in four innings during the tournament.
She will join up with her former Sydney Thunder skipper Alex Blackwell at Lancashire with the former Australia vice-captain taking up the role of the head coach with the outfit.
Harmanpreet has so far in her career played two Tests, 87 ODIs and 81 T20Is for the Indian women ever since she made her debut for the country in July, 2009.