Nasreen Shaikh (born 7 November 1998) is an Indian kho-kho player from Delhi. She was a former captain of the India women's national kho kho team. [1] She became the second kho-kho player to receive the Arjuna Award. [1] [2] Kho-Kho Federation of India screened her bio-pic during the opening ceremony of the Ultimate Kho-kho, a National league. [3] [4]
Nasreen was born in Shakurpur, Delhi. Her father, Mohammed Ghafoor, is a contractor who polishes and sells utensils. She studied at the Government Senior Secondary School in Kohat Enclave and started playing kho-kho in Class 3. [1] After schooling, she graduated from Delhi University's Daulat Ram College with a Bachelor of Arts degree. [5] Later, she did Bachelors in Physical Education from the same college. [1] She has six sisters and four brothers. [1] She has a contract job with the Airports Authority of India. [5] [6]
She captained the Indian women's kho-kho team at the South Asian Games, where India won the gold medal. [7] She retired after her successful campaign in the inaugural Kho Kho World Cup. [8]
She was part of the Indian women's team that won the first Kho Kho World Cup at New Delhi in January 2025. [9] [10] The Indian team defeated South Korea, IR Iran and Malaysia in the group stages, Bangladesh in quarterfinals and South Africa in semifinals. They defeated Nepal 78–40 in the final. [11] [12]