Harmanpreet Kaur wax statue unveiled for Jaipur museum

A wax statue of Indian cricketer Harmanpreet Kaur was unveiled in Jaipur at the Rajasthan International Centre. It is intended for display at Historica museum in Nahargarh Fort. The museum’s first statue of a woman cricketer, it was made over about a year after India won the 2025 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup under Kaur’s captaincy.

Notable Points

• 2017 World Cup semi-final: Harmanpreet Kaur scored 171 runs off 115 balls against Australia in the 2017 Women’s Cricket World Cup semi-final. It was the highest score for India in the tournament and the highest individual score in a Women’s World Cup knockout match.
• Women’s T20 franchise cricket: In 2016, Harmanpreet Kaur became the first Indian woman cricketer to sign with an overseas Twenty20 franchise, joining Sydney Thunder in Australia’s Women’s Big Bash League.
• Women’s T20I milestone: Harmanpreet Kaur scored 103 runs off 51 balls against New Zealand in 2018. She was the first Indian woman to score a century in a Women’s Twenty20 International.