Nigar Sultana (cricketer)

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Nigar Sultana
2020 ICC W T20 WC I v B 02-24 Nigar Sultana (01).jpg
Nigar playing for Bangladesh during the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup
Personal information
Full name
Nigar Sultana Joty
Born (1997-08-01) 1 August 1997 (age 27)
BattingRight-handed
Role Wicket-keeper
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  24)6 October 2015 v  Pakistan
Last ODI27 March 2024 v  Australia
T20I debut(cap  25)30 September 2015 v  Pakistan
Last T20I12 October 2024 v  South Africa
T20I shirt no.1
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Representing Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Women's Cricket
Asian Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou Team
South Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Kathmandu/Pokhara Team
Women's Asia Cup
Winner 2018 Malaysia

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]

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Biography

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]

Sultana named captain of the Bangladesh squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup [19] and played her 100th Twenty20 International (T20I) match on 3 October 2024 against Scotland in the opening match of the tournament . [20] She became first Bangladeshi female cricketer to achieve this feat. [21] She was named in the ICC's Best XI for the World Cup. The ICC highlighted her impressive performance, stating, "Nigar Sultana Joty takes the gloves following an impressive competition." She led Bangladesh to their first Women's T20 World Cup win in 10 years against Scotland and made significant contributions with the bat, scoring 39 against the West Indies and 32 not out against South Africa. Joty accumulated 104 runs across four innings at an average of 34.66, but her standout performance came as a wicketkeeper, with six stumpings and one catch, totaling seven dismissals — the most by any wicketkeeper in the tournament. [22]

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