Nahida Akter

Akter was the youngest member of the squad to make her debut, when aged just 15 she took to the field in September 2015 against Pakistan

Emily Marshall | 01/02/2020 at 12:25

Born: March 2, 2000

Role: Slow left-arm

Akter was the youngest member of the squad to make her debut, when aged just 15 she took to the field in September 2015 against Pakistan. Her ODI debut followed in the next month against the same opposition.

Ahead of only her second global tournament - her first was the 2018 T20 World Cup - Akter has continued to impress, representing her country 53 times in 15 ODIs and 38 T20s as of February 1, 2020.

In those 38 T20s she claimed 49 wickets, putting her fourth currently in the rankings of leading T20 wicket-takers from Bangladesh, at an average of 12.10.

Her best bowling figures came in that same format - 4-11 runs against Netherlands in August 2019 - ahead of being selected for the 2019 World T20 qualifiers in Scotland.

In this tournament, not only did she gain valuable experience playing in all games, but she was also Bangladesh's leading wicket-taker, picking up nine from four games.

In addition to helping her side to qualification for the 2020 T20 World Cup, she was part of the squad in 2018 that defeated defending champions India to the Women’s Asia Cup title, and was part of the 2019 South Asian games squad.

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