India, Oct. 6 -- One of India's longest-serving women's team captains, Harmanpreet Kaur, on Tuesday, stepped down as the all-format skipper, saying that her duty was done and that she can go back to playing the sport for the love of the game again.

The announcement came after a BCCI review meeting in Guwahati, where the women's team's trajectory over the last few months was evaluated. The meeting was attended by BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia, vice-captain Smriti Mandhana, and head coach Amol Muzumdar.

It was back in 2012, in an Asia Cup match against Pakistan in Guangzhou, when she first led the Indian team, in the T20 format. She officially took over the role in the format in 2016, and was elevated to a full-time ODI leadership role in...