![]() Shamima batting for Bangladesh during the2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Shamima Sultana | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1988-03-09)9 March 1988 (age 37) Gumugura, Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 22) | 6 March 2014 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 27 March 2022 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 23) | 8 March 2014 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 29 October 2023 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008/09–2017/18 | Dhaka Division | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021/22–present | Southern Zone | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,21 February 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Shamima Sultana (Bengali:শামীমা সুলতানা; born 9 March 1988) is a Bangladeshicricketer.[1] In June 2018, she was part of Bangladesh's squad that won their first everWomen's Asia Cup title, winning the2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup tournament.[2][3][4] Later the same month, she was named to Bangladesh's squad for the2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.[5]
In October 2018, she was named to Bangladesh's squad for the2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[6][7] Ahead of the tournament, theInternational Cricket Council (ICC) named Sultana as one of the players to watch,[8] and as one of the five breakout stars in women's cricket in 2018.[9]
In August 2019, she was named to Bangladesh's squad for the2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Scotland.[10] In November 2019, she was named to Bangladesh's squad for thecricket tournament at the2019 South Asian Games.[11] The Bangladesh team beat Sri Lanka by two runs in the final to win the gold medal.[12] In January 2020, she was named to Bangladesh's squad for the2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[13] In January 2022, she was named in Bangladesh's team for both the2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier tournament in Malaysia,[14] and the2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.[15]
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