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Harleen Deol: Age, Stats, ODI Century and WPL Career

Harleen Deol is an India batter and part-time leg-spinner who has played ODI and T20I cricket, won the 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup and represented Gujarat Giants and UP Warriorz in the Women's Premier League. Born in Chandigarh on 21 June 1998, she was 28 on 2 September 2026. Her career includes a maiden ODI century of 115, a memorable boundary catch against England and leadership of India A's one-day side in 2026.

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Right-handedRight-arm leg break bowlerBorn 21 June 1998

Current squadUP WarriorzWomen's Premier League · Played for UP Warriorz in WPL 2026; next-season status not yet confirmed

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Full nameHarleen Kaur Deol

Age28As of 2 September 2026

Date of birth21 June 1998Chandigarh, India

Batting styleRight-handed

Bowling styleRight-arm leg break

Career overview

Harleen Deol cricket career

Born 21 June 1998 in Chandigarh; age 28 on 2 September 2026.

Right-handed middle-order batter who also bowls right-arm leg-breaks.

Made both her ODI and T20I debuts against England in 2019.

Scored a maiden international century of 115 against West Indies in 2024.

Member of India's title-winning 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup squad.

Captained India A in a three-match one-day series in England in 2026.

Career story

Harleen Deol career and playing journey

Who is Harleen Deol?

Harleen Deol is an Indian cricketer known primarily as a right-handed middle-order batter. She can also bowl leg-breaks and has been listed as an all-rounder by Cricket Australia and in the official WPL auction register, although most of her senior international value has come with the bat.

Her career spans India, Himachal Pradesh, the Women's T20 Challenge and the Women's Premier League. She has experienced periods outside the national XI, but a maiden ODI hundred, consistent domestic work and selection for India's 2025 World Cup-winning squad show why she has remained part of the wider international group.

Harleen Deol's age, full name and birthplace

Harleen Kaur Deol was born on 21 June 1998 in Chandigarh, India. She was 28 years old on 2 September 2026. Her birth date and place are consistent across the named Cricket Australia record, WPL documentation and established statistical profiles.

Deol began playing cricket when she was eight. Her development later took her from Punjab to Himachal Pradesh, a move that gave her a clearer route into senior domestic cricket. That pathway matters more than a generic hometown label because it explains why Chandigarh-born Deol is closely associated with Himachal Pradesh in the Indian domestic game.

What is Harleen Deol's playing role?

Deol bats right-handed and bowls right-arm leg-breaks. The safest description is batting all-rounder or batter who offers part-time leg-spin: official sources do not classify her identically, and her international batting workload has been much larger than her bowling workload.

That distinction prevents a common profile error. A bowling style does not automatically make every batter a frontline all-rounder, while an auction list can use broader roster categories than a national-team directory. Deol's ODI and T20I bowling figures are useful secondary evidence, but her selection has generally depended on batting, fielding and middle-order flexibility.

From Punjab cricket to Himachal Pradesh

Deol's early cricket began in northern India before she moved from the Punjab system to Himachal Pradesh. Cricket Australia's biography says she also changed from off-spin to leg-spin during that development, adding a different skill without abandoning her main role as a batter.

The domestic move was important because senior opportunities depend on more than talent alone. Regular age-group and state cricket gave Deol innings against stronger attacks and a platform for national selectors to compare her with other emerging batters. Gujarat Giants later highlighted a 116 against East Zone in the 2015 Under-19 Inter-Zonal tournament as an early landmark.

Domestic development and the India Red breakthrough

Deol built her case through Himachal Pradesh and representative competitions rather than entering international cricket from one isolated innings. Gujarat Giants' player biography records that she finished as the leading run-scorer for India Red in the 2018–19 Senior Women's Challenger Trophy.

A Challenger Trophy run is valuable because the competition brings together leading domestic players and India hopefuls. It does not equal an international record, but it helps explain the timing of Deol's national call-up. Her progress was based on repeat exposure at a higher domestic level, not simply social-media attention or one later fielding moment.

ODI debut against England in 2019

Harleen Deol made her Women's One Day International debut against England at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium on 22 February 2019. She became India's 126th women's ODI player and began an international career that would later include a home World Cup title.

Debut selection did not immediately create a fixed place. India's batting competition meant Deol moved in and out of the XI while developing her scoring options. That uneven path is central to her record: the six years between debut and the 2025 World Cup contained useful innings, absences and returns rather than an uninterrupted run in every series.

T20I debut and early international role

Deol made her Women's T20 International debut against England at Guwahati on 4 March 2019. She was used as a batter with occasional leg-spin and later joined India's squad for the 2020 Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.

India finished runner-up in that tournament, but squad membership should not be confused with starring in every match. Deol's T20I opportunities have been intermittent. Her record through 30 December 2025 was 311 runs from 27 matches, including one fifty, while her six wickets show that bowling remained an occasional option rather than her main international discipline.

The Women's T20 Challenge before the WPL

Before the Women's Premier League began, Deol played in the Women's T20 Challenge for Trailblazers and Supernovas. On her 2019 tournament debut, she shared a century partnership with Smriti Mandhana as Trailblazers beat Supernovas.

The competition was smaller and shorter than the later WPL, but it gave Indian players experience in televised franchise cricket alongside overseas internationals. For Deol, it also showed that her domestic technique could translate to a faster format. These matches belong to her T20 career, not to her T20I total, because franchise and international records have separate scopes.

Why Harleen Deol's 2021 boundary catch is remembered

Deol produced one of her career's most replayed moments against England in July 2021. At long-off, she caught Amy Jones near the rope, released the ball before crossing the boundary, returned to the field and completed the catch with a dive.

The ICC described the sequence in its match report, making the mechanics clear. It was an exceptional piece of awareness and balance, but it was one dismissal in a match England won. The catch can be celebrated without pretending that it alone defines Deol's batting career or changes the statistical result of the game.

Commonwealth Games silver in Birmingham

Deol was part of India's squad for the women's T20 competition at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. India reached the gold-medal match and finished with silver after losing the final to Australia.

The medal is a team achievement and belongs in her career honours even though it is not an individual batting award. It also reflects the growth of women's cricket beyond bilateral series and ICC events. Deol's involvement placed her within an India group competing in a multi-sport setting watched by audiences who might not regularly follow domestic or franchise cricket.

Harleen Deol's first WPL season with Gujarat Giants

Gujarat Giants signed Deol for the inaugural WPL in 2023. She scored 202 runs at a strike rate of 125.46 and finished within two runs of the team's leading aggregate, establishing herself as one of the side's more productive Indian batters.

Those numbers need team and season context. They are not career WPL totals, and they do not include her later seasons. The first campaign demonstrated her ability to work through the middle overs and accelerate once set, a role that remained relevant when the league expanded its tactical demands and she later moved to UP Warriorz.

The maiden ODI century against West Indies

Deol scored 115 from 103 balls against West Indies at Vadodara on 24 December 2024, her first international century. India reached 358 for five and won by 115 runs to take an unassailable lead in the series.

The innings included 16 fours and came after India lost two wickets with the total at 176. Deol and Jemimah Rodrigues added 116 for the fourth wicket, turning a strong base into a match-defining total. The hundred was especially significant because Deol had spent years competing for a stable middle-order position before converting an international start into three figures.

The 89 against Ireland in India's record total

In January 2025, Deol made 89 from 84 balls against Ireland at Rajkot. She and Rodrigues added 183 for the third wicket as India scored 370 for five, then the team's highest total in women's ODIs.

The innings showed a different kind of value from the West Indies century. Deol did not reach three figures, but the partnership controlled the middle of the innings and created the platform for a huge team score. A profile should keep the personal 89, the 183-run stand and India's 370 separate rather than blending them into one inflated achievement.

WPL 2025: consistency for Gujarat Giants

Deol scored 232 runs for Gujarat Giants in WPL 2025. The ICC's end-of-tournament batting list placed her among the competition's ten leading run-scorers, alongside established international names from all five teams.

Her aggregate was not enough to make her the league's leading batter, but it supported a more precise claim: she provided a consistent Indian middle-order presence. That distinction is useful because franchise value is not measured only by winning an Orange Cap. Availability, role clarity and runs around overseas stars can be equally important to team balance.

The 2025 tri-series final contribution

Deol scored 47 in India's 342 for seven against Sri Lanka in the May 2025 tri-series final. Smriti Mandhana's 116 led the innings, while Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur and Jemimah Rodrigues supplied middle-order support before India won by 97 runs.

This was not Deol's headline match, yet it illustrates how her role often works. A middle-order batter may enter after a strong start, maintain the scoring rate and leave the final acceleration to later hitters. Recording that context is more useful than presenting every score near fifty as an individual rescue act.

Harleen Deol at the 2025 Women's World Cup

Deol was selected in India's 15-player squad for the 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup and scored 169 runs during the tournament. Her league-stage scores included 48 against Sri Lanka and 46 against Pakistan as India worked through a demanding group campaign.

India went on to beat South Africa by 52 runs in the final and win its first Women's Cricket World Cup title. Deol was part of the champion squad, although the final's decisive individual performances came from Shafali Verma and Deepti Sharma. Team honour and match-specific contribution should remain clearly separated.

What the World Cup title changed

The World Cup win gave Deol the biggest team honour of her career and strengthened the public context around her 2024–25 ODI improvement. It did not erase selection competition or guarantee that she would play every subsequent match.

That became visible in 2026. India named her in different ODI and Test squads, while she was not part of the Women's T20 World Cup squad. Selection is format-specific and date-specific. Calling her a current automatic starter across all formats would therefore go beyond the evidence.

UP Warriorz and the WPL 2026 auction

UP Warriorz bought Deol for INR 50 lakh at the WPL 2026 auction after her first three seasons with Gujarat Giants. The official auction register listed her as a capped all-rounder with a base price of INR 50 lakh, and post-auction reports confirmed the final team and amount.

An auction price has a narrow meaning: it is the season's winning bid under WPL rules. It should not be described as annual take-home pay, lifetime earnings or net worth. Taxes, match arrangements, endorsements and private finances are separate matters that the auction result does not disclose.

The tactical retired-out innings of 47

Against Delhi Capitals on 14 January 2026, UP Warriorz retired Deol out on 47 from 36 balls after 17 overs. ESPN reported that the team wanted more power at the death, but the replacement plan did not work and Delhi Capitals won by seven wickets.

A retired-out dismissal is permitted under cricket's playing conditions and differs from retiring because of injury. The decision created debate because Deol was three runs short of fifty and had helped rebuild the innings. It should be explained as a team tactic, not misreported as an injury, voluntary retirement or disciplinary action.

The unbeaten 64 one day later

Deol responded in the next match with an unbeaten 64 from 39 balls against Mumbai Indians. UP Warriorz chased 162 in 18.1 overs for their first win of WPL 2026, with Deol anchoring the pursuit and accelerating decisively.

The two innings form a useful tactical contrast. Her 47 came at a strike rate of about 131 before the team sought a faster finish; the unbeaten 64 came at about 164 and ended in a successful chase. That does not prove every retirement tactic is wrong, but it shows how quickly role, match state and outcome can change.

Harleen Deol's WPL 2026 season

Deol finished WPL 2026 with 167 runs. Her tournament contained the standout 64 not out, the unusual retired-out 47 and several low scores as UP Warriorz failed to reach the playoffs.

This is a more balanced summary than treating one dramatic week as the whole season. A player can produce the team's most memorable chase and still finish with an uneven aggregate. UP Warriorz's official final league-match report confirms that the side was eliminated; Deol's next-season franchise status had not been confirmed by the 2 September 2026 review date.

The 2026 Australia ODI series

India selected Deol for the ODI leg of its 2026 tour of Australia. She played the third ODI at Hobart on 1 March and scored 14 from 26 balls as Australia won by 185 runs and completed a 3–0 series victory.

That appearance moved her ODI career beyond the table dated 2 February 2026. The current snapshot therefore records 38 matches and 1,064 runs through 1 March rather than repeating the older 37-match, 1,050-run line as if it were current. Date cutoffs matter whenever a profile combines live careers with slower secondary databases.

India A captaincy in England

BCCI named Deol captain of India A's one-day squad for three matches against England A in June and July 2026. India A won the series 2–1, and available score records show Deol contributed 92 runs, including 53 in the opening match.

The appointment is a meaningful leadership step, but it remains an India A role rather than senior India captaincy. The same tour fed into national selection discussions and gave developing players experience in English conditions. Deol's leadership adds depth to her biography without being exaggerated into control of every result or individual performance.

Was Harleen Deol part of India's 2026 Test plans?

Deol was named in India's squads for the 2026 Tests against Australia and England. She did not receive a Test cap in the historic Lord's win, so selection should not be converted into a Test appearance or Test statistics.

India's updated Lord's squad still included her after Pratika Rawal was ruled out, but the playing XI and scorecard determine who actually appeared. This is an important edge case in player profiles: squad membership is a career event, while a debut exists only when the player takes part in the match.

Harleen Deol records

Harleen Deol career statistics and records

Batting, bowling and fielding figures are kept separate by competition and format.

WODI career through 1 March 202638matches

Batting

Runs: 1,064
High score: 115
Average: 32.24
100s / 50s: 1/4

Bowling & fielding

Wickets: 2
Best bowling: 1/7
Average: 40.50
Balls: 90
Catches / stumpings: 13 through 2 February 2026
5w / 10w: 0/0

Only fields published by the named source are shown; unavailable values are not guessed.

WT20I career through 30 December 202527matches

Batting

Runs: 311
High score: 52
Average: 17.28
100s / 50s: 0/1

Bowling & fielding

Wickets: 6
Best bowling: 2/13
Average: 23.33
Balls: 108 through 2 February 2026
Catches / stumpings: 7 through 2 February 2026
5w / 10w: 0/0

Only fields published by the named source are shown; unavailable values are not guessed.

WPL 20267matches

Batting

Innings: 7
Runs: 167
High score: 64*
Average: 27.83
Strike rate: 115.97
Not outs: 1
100s / 50s: 0/1

Bowling & fielding

Innings: 0
Wickets: 0
Best bowling: DNB
Average: DNB
Economy: DNB
Strike rate: DNB
Balls: 0
5w / 10w: 0/0

Only fields published by the named source are shown; unavailable values are not guessed.

Career chronology

Debut and last listed match

WODI

Debut

India v England, Mumbai, 22 February 2019

Last listed match

Australia v India, Hobart, 1 March 2026

WT20I

Debut

India v England, Guwahati, 4 March 2019

Last listed match

India v Sri Lanka, Thiruvananthapuram, 30 December 2025

Domestic cricket

Debut

Punjab age-group pathway, then Himachal Pradesh

Last listed match

Active domestic player in 2026

Women's Premier League

Debut

Gujarat Giants, 2023

Last listed match

UP Warriorz, WPL 2026

India A leadership

Debut

Captain for England A one-day series, June 2026

Last listed match

India A won the series 2–1

Career achievements

Career achievements and milestones

Scored 115 against West Indies for her maiden international century.
Made 89 in India's 370 for five against Ireland in January 2025.
Won the 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup as part of India's squad.
Produced a celebrated boundary catch against England in 2021.
Won Commonwealth Games silver with India in 2022.
Scored 232 runs for Gujarat Giants in WPL 2025.
Hit an unbeaten 64 for UP Warriorz in WPL 2026.
Captained India A's one-day team in England in 2026.

Reader questions

Harleen Deol FAQ

How old is Harleen Deol?

Harleen Deol was born on 21 June 1998 and was 28 years old on 2 September 2026.

Where was Harleen Deol born?

She was born in Chandigarh, India, and later moved from Punjab's cricket pathway to Himachal Pradesh.

What is Harleen Deol's role?

She is a right-handed middle-order batter who can also bowl right-arm leg-breaks.

How many ODI runs has Harleen Deol scored?

She had scored 1,064 runs in 38 women's ODIs through 1 March 2026.

What is Harleen Deol's highest ODI score?

Her highest ODI score is 115, made against West Indies at Vadodara in December 2024.

Did Harleen Deol win the Women's World Cup?

Yes. She was part of the India squad that won the 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup.

Which WPL team did Harleen Deol play for in 2026?

UP Warriorz bought her for INR 50 lakh and she scored 167 runs in WPL 2026.

Why was Harleen Deol retired out?

UP Warriorz used a tactical retired-out decision when she was 47 against Delhi Capitals, seeking faster scoring in the final overs.

Did Harleen Deol play in the 2026 Lord's Test?

No. She was in India's squad but did not make the playing XI, so she has no Test appearance from that match.

What is Harleen Deol's net worth?

No audited public source reviewed for this article establishes a dependable current net-worth figure.

Conclusion

Harleen Deol's career is built on more than one famous catch. Domestic progression through Himachal Pradesh led to India debuts in 2019, a maiden ODI hundred in 2024, 169 runs in India's title-winning 2025 World Cup campaign and a place in the wider national setup through 2026.

Her recent record also shows the uncertainty of elite selection. She moved from Gujarat Giants to UP Warriorz, answered a tactical retirement with an unbeaten 64, captained India A and remained around India's Test and ODI squads without becoming an automatic player in every format. That mixture of proven achievement and continuing competition is the clearest description of her career in September 2026.