India, Oct. 8 -- The newly-appointed India women's cricket team captain Smriti Mandhana on Wednesday hailed her predecessor Harmanpreet Kaur's leadership stint as "fantastic" and hoped to continue the journey together for some more time.

Harmanpreet stepped down as captain across formats on Tuesday, bringing curtains down on a decade-long captaincy tenure in which she led the team to its maiden ODI World Cup title in November 2025 and two Asian Games gold medals in 2023 and 2026. "Its been a pleasure playing with you for so many years," Mandhana wrote on her Instagram page. "Ten years of your leadership have been fantastic and together, we will strive to bring many more laurels for our nation," she added.

Mandhana, now an all-format lea...