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Full name | Jahanara Alam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Khulna, Bangladesh | 1 April 1993|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | SEXY Jahanara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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National side |
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ODI debut (cap 2) | 26 November 2011 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 22 March 2022 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI shirt no. | 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 2) | 28 August 2012 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 29 February 2020 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I shirt no. | 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008/09 | Khulna Division Women | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009/10-2012/13 | Sylhet Division Women | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | Abahani Limited Women | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Velocity | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPN Cricinfo, 22 March 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jahanara Alam (Bengali: জাহানারা আলম) (born: 1 April 1993) is a Bangladeshi cricketer who plays for the Bangladesh national women's cricket team.[1][2][3][4] She is a right-arm medium fast bowler and right-handed batter. She was a member of the team that won a silver medal in cricket against the China at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.[5]
Alam made her ODI career against Ireland women's cricket team on November 26, 2011. Alam made her T20I career against India women's cricket team on August 28, 2012. 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.[6][7][8] Later the same month, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.[9]
On 28 June 2018, she became the first bowler for Bangladesh to take a five-wicket haul in WT20Is, in the match against Ireland.[10]
In October 2018, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[11][12] She was the joint-leading wicket-taker for Bangladesh in the tournament, with six dismissals in four matches.[13] Following the conclusion of the tournament, she was named as the standout player in the team by the International Cricket Council (ICC).[14]
In August 2019, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Scotland.[15] In November 2019, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the cricket tournament at the 2019 South Asian Games.[16] The Bangladesh team beat Sri Lanka by two runs in the final to win the gold medal.[17] In January 2020, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[18]
In November 2021, she was named in Bangladesh's team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe.[19] In January 2022, she was named as one of three reserve players in Bangladesh's team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier tournament in Malaysia.[20] Later the same month, she was named in Bangladesh's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.[21]