Jahanara Alam national women’s cricket player

Jahanara Alam (Bengali: জাহানারা আলম) (born: 1 April 1993) is a Bangladeshi cricketer and current captain who plays for the Bangladesh national women’s cricket team. She is a right-arm medium fast bowler and right-handed batswoman.

Jahanara Alam

Full name : Jahanara Alam

Born April 1, 1993, Khulna

Current age 27 years 132 days

Major teams Bangladesh Women, Velocity

Playing role Bowler

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium

Career

Jahanara Alam was a member of the team that won a silver medal in cricket against the China national women’s cricket team at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.

Jahanara 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.Later the same month, she was named in Bangladesh’s squad for the 2018 ICC Women’s World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.

On 28 June 2018, she became the first bowler for Bangladesh to take a five-wicket haul in WT20Is, in the match against Ireland.

In October 2018, she was named in Bangladesh’s squad for the 2018 ICC Women’s World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies. She was the joint-leading wicket-taker for Bangladesh in the tournament, with six dismissals in four matches.Following the conclusion of the tournament, she was named as the standout player in the team by the International Cricket Council (ICC).

Jahanara Alam

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.

In January 2020, she was named in Bangladesh’s squad for the 2020 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in Australia.