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Full name | Nigar Sultana Joty | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 1 August 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||
International information | ||||||||||||||||||||||
National side |
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ODI debut (cap 24) | 6 October 2015 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 10 November 2023 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 25) | 30 September 2015 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 29 October 2023 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2017/18 | Mymensingh Division | |||||||||||||||||||||
2021/22–present | Western Zone | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Cricinfo, 14 October 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nigar Sultana ( Bengali: নিগার সুলতানা; born 1 August 1997) is a Bangladeshi cricketer and captain of the Bangladesh women's national cricket team in the WODI and the WT20I formats. [1] [2] She is a wicketkeeper and right hand batter who bats in the middle order. [3]
In June 2018, she was part of Bangladesh's squad that won their first ever Women's Asia Cup title, winning the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup tournament. [4] [5] [6] Later the same month, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament. [7]
In October 2018, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies. [8] [9] In August 2019, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Scotland. [10] In October 2019, she was named in the Women's Global Development Squad, ahead of a five-match series in Australia. [11] In November 2019, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the cricket tournament at the 2019 South Asian Games. [12] The Bangladesh team beat Sri Lanka by two runs in the final to win the gold medal. [13]
In January 2020, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia. [14] She was the leading run-scorer for Bangladesh in the tournament, with 114 runs in four matches. [15]
In November 2021, she was named as the captain of Bangladesh's team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe. [16] In January 2022, she was named as the captain of Bangladesh's team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier tournament in Malaysia. [17] Later the same month, she was named as the captain of Bangladesh's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand. [18]
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