Ayasha Rahman Shukhtara Boishakhi (Template:Lang-bn) (born 2 February 1994) is a Bangladeshi cricketer who plays for the Bangladesh cricket team.[1][2] She plays as a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. Rahman was born in Khulna, Bangladesh.
Career
Rahman 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.[3][4]
Rahman made her ODI debut against Pakistan on 23 August 2012. Rahman made her T20I debut against India on 5 April 2013. 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.[5][6][7] Later the same month, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.[8] She was the leading run-scorer for Bangladesh in the tournament, with 89 runs in five matches.[9] Following the conclusion of the tournament, she was named as the rising star of Bangladesh's squad by the International Cricket Council (ICC).[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 leading run-scorer for Bangladesh in the tournament, with 59 runs in four matches.[13]
In August 2019, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Scotland.[14] In November 2019, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the cricket tournament at the 2019 South Asian Games.[15] The Bangladesh team beat Sri Lanka by two runs in the final to win the gold medal.[16] In January 2020, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[17]
References
- ↑ BD women’s SA camp from Sunday. The Daily Star(2013-08-23).
- ↑ {{{title}}}. Samakal.
- ↑ {{{title}}}. The Daily Sangram(2010-11-26). Retrieved 2014-03-05.
- ↑ {{{title}}}. Khulnanews.com.
- ↑ Bangladesh name 15-player squad for Women's Asia Cup.
- ↑ Bangladesh Women clinch historic Asia Cup Trophy.
- ↑ Bangladesh stun India in cliff-hanger to win title.
- ↑ ICC announces umpire and referee appointments for ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier 2018.
- ↑ ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier, 2018 - Bangladesh Women: Batting and bowling averages.
- ↑ Report card: Bangladesh.
- ↑ Media Release: ICC WOMEN’S WORLD T20 WEST INDIES 2018: Bangladesh Squad Announced.
- ↑ Bangladesh announce Women’s World T20 squad.
- ↑ ICC Women's World T20, 2018/19 - Bangladesh Women: Batting and bowling averages.
- ↑ Bangladesh name 14-member squad for ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019.
- ↑ Nazmul Hossain to lead Bangladesh in South Asian Games.
- ↑ Bangladesh women's cricket team clinch gold in SA games. The Daily Star.
- ↑ Rumana Ahmed included in Bangladesh T20 WC squad.