Overview
- Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and PCA President Amarjit Mehta led the inauguration, with BCCI President Mithun Manhas and Governor Gulab Chand Kataria attending.
- Cash rewards were presented at the ceremony, with Rs 11 lakh each for Harmanpreet Kaur, Amanjot Kaur and Harleen Deol, and Rs 5 lakh for fielding coach Munish Bali.
- Harmanpreet’s honour follows her captaincy of India’s first senior ICC women’s title, the ODI World Cup won in Navi Mumbai last month.
- Yuvraj Singh addressed the Indian team during the pre-match huddle before the second T20I against South Africa.
- The venue, which previously hosted two India–Australia women’s ODIs and already features a Harbhajan Singh stand, staged its first men’s international with three Punjab players in India’s XI: Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma and Arshdeep Singh.