Hira Kaur

As a Pace All-Rounder, Kaur has to make sure she can both Bowl and Bat Effectively. In order to perform both jobs effectively, her body has to be in top form most of the time.

Hira Kaur was born on July 20th, 1988 to Dharam Singh and Yasmeen Kaur in Sikhipur, Punjab. Growing up in the same neighborhood as fellow cricketer Palak Kaur Bhalla, the two of them, as well as other kids in the neighborhood, would often play games together. The most common of these games, like in other cities, was Cricket. Kaur would often enjoy batting, but would pick up bowling duties one day, when her team didn't have enough players. Her leadership skills were shown in the beginning, as she would often be chosen as the captain of whichever side she was on that day, causing Palak Kaur Bhalla to refer to Hira as her "very first captain". In secondary school, Kaur continued to play cricket, flourishing in the middle order all-rounder role. In 2006, at the age of 18 and fresh out of secondary school, Hira would be brought up to the Punjab state side, after a series of top notch performances at the secondary and club level. 3 years later in December of 2009, Kaur would receive a national call-up, playing in an ODI series against the West Indies, going on the score 24* runs and taking a solitary wicket. For the next 3 years, Kaur often had to fight for a place in the squad until 2014, when she would replace Sana Kazmi is the playing XI. In 2016, she was named the Vice Captain in all 3 formats, and would become the Captain just a year later. In 2019, Kaur became pregnant with her first and only child, leading her to leave international cricket for about 7 months, with Priya IV Sur, who had just had her own child, taking over in all 3 formats. After coming back, she would formally relinquish the T20I captaincy to Priya, later giving her the captaincy in the other formats 2 years later. Today, she is a pillar of the national team, even being player of the series in the recently concluded Women's T20I World Cup.

No formal Higher Education

Nishari Women's Cricket Team (2009-Present)
Captaincy
Test: 2017-2022
ODI: 2017-2022
T20I: 2017-2020

In her days as a captain, Kaur was motivated by the ability to lead her country in every game. However, since she has given up these positions, motivation is often hard to come by, but a supporting team dynamic helps her stay motivated.

Likes: Strategy Games, Planning Parties, Chicken
Dislikes: Beef, Being Bored, Gymnastics

Kaur married Jasjit Singh in 2017. The two had been friends since their adolescence, and began dating in their 20's. The couple welcomed a boy in 2020, coinciding with her resignation from the Captaincy of the Nishari Women's T20I squad.

Kaur has a younger brother, named Navraj, who was born 10 years after her.