World Cup winning captain Harmanpreet Kaur's trophy tattoo story revealed

Indian womens cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur immortalised her feeling of triumph after winning the ICC Womens World Cup 2025 with a tattoo of the World Cup trophyCelebrity tattoo artist Sunny Bhanushali gets candid about the story behind Harmanpreet Kaurs tattoo The founder and CEO of Aliens Tattoo sat down with midday to have a discussion about the process of selecting and inking the tattooHarmanpreet Kaur manifested her winHarmanpreet Kaur first met Sunny Bhanushali when she decided to get her first tattoo inked in 2024 at Aliens Tattoo The design was a bold geometric mandala inspired by the philosophy lsquoAham Brahmasmirsquo which means I am the universersquo A complex design it featured several symbols such as a Celtic knot and Brahma yantra that held spiritual meaningsShe returned to the tattoo studio a year later after her historic World Cup win Sunny Bhanushali says it feels extremely special to be part of both chapters of her life and to be entrusted with the responsibility of marking both momentsBhanushali reveals that she manifested her win through her first tattoo He states When Harman walked in a year ago for Aham Brahmasmi she wasnrsquot just asking for a tattoo she was putting her philosophy her discipline and her dream on her arm There was a quiet fire in her as she spoke to us about the reasons and visions behind the tattoo The kind that told you she wasnrsquot chasing victory she was becoming it She had this manifestation set in her approach to the design lsquoWe will winHarmanpreet expressed her intent to win through the medium of the tattoo When she returned with a World Cup win and chose to get the trophy etched on her skin Bhanushali recalls that it felt like ldquowatching someonersquos manifestation complete a full circleTalking about her journey he remarks ldquoThatrsquos the magic of tattooing pieces donrsquot just sit on the skin they grow with the person they travel with them and eventually become chapters of who they areAbout the tattooTalking about Harmanpreets arrival in the studio he says Harmanpreet walked in with this mix of exhaustion and joy that athletes have only after theyrsquove given everything and finally held the thing theyrsquove dreamt about She just smiled and knew what she wanted and it was the trophy Elaborating upon the process of designing the tattoo he says Her vision was drenched in emotions and detail where she wanted to capture theentirety of the victory And we translated those emotions into the now iconic trophy with the year 2025 and the number 52 that represented the team winning by 52 runs and achieving the title of World Champions after 52 yearsHe explains that this tattoo was different because of ldquohow little she wanted to say and how much she wanted the tattoo to meanLooking at the finished tattoo she felt a sense of fulfillment and satisfaction ldquoShe looked at it with this soft satisfied smile and a clear aura of pride The kind you see when someone feels a moment settle into their heart It wasnrsquot loud it wasnrsquot dramatic Bhanushali recalls At that moment she recognised that she had achieved everything she had dreamt of With this tattoo Harmanpreet reaffirmed that she treated cricket like a sacred dutyIndian openerSmriti Mandhana also chose to mark the win through a tattoo She got the World Cup trophy inked on her arm at Aliens Tattoo on the same day