Harmanpreet not a Bhajji to get job, senior Punjab cop said 6 years back

  • | Sunday | 23rd July, 2017

The Indian cricket board (BCCI), on Saturday, has already announced a cash award of Rs 50 lakh for each member of the Indian team. She had already played for two years for the national team by that time. But, it was not like this for her always.In 2010-11, when she was in dire need of a job, the Punjab government snubbed her application for a job in the Punjab Police . She had already represented India and was a regular member of the national team. "That time a senior official in Punjab Police had told us that she isn't a Harbhajan Singh that we will give her a DSP post.

CHANDIGARH: Harmanpreet Kaur is the toast of the nation at this moment after her breathtaking 171 (not out) against Australia in the semifinals of the ongoing Women 's Cricket World Cup.Rewards and awards are duly coming in and will continue after the Lords World Cup final for the Moga girl. The Indian cricket board (BCCI), on Saturday, has already announced a cash award of Rs 50 lakh for each member of the Indian team. Everyone wants a pie of Harmanpreet's success now. But, it was not like this for her always.In 2010-11, when she was in dire need of a job, the Punjab government snubbed her application for a job in the Punjab Police . She had already played for two years for the national team by that time."We had approached the Punjab Police and requested them to employ her. She had already represented India and was a regular member of the national team. We were told that there is no provision for employment in Punjab Police for female cricketers."That time a senior official in Punjab Police had told us that she isn't a Harbhajan Singh that we will give her a DSP post. She wasn't even granted the post of an inspector. We even met the chief minister, but to no avail," said her coach Yadwinder Sodhi.

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