Nahida Akter

Nahida Akter (Bengali: নাহিদা আক্তার; born 2 March 2000) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. She is a right handed batter and a slow left-arm orthodox bowler.

Nahida Akter

Nahida Akter in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Nahida Akter
Born	(2000-03-02) 2 March 2000 (age 25)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Bangladesh (2015–present)
ODI debut (cap 23)	4 October 2015 v Pakistan
Last ODI	10 November 2023 v Pakistan
T20I debut (cap 24)	30 September 2015 v Pakistan
Last T20I	29 October 2023 v Pakistan
T20I shirt no.	32
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2017	Barisal Division
2021/22–present	Northern Zone
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I Matches 43 56 Runs scored 131 37 Batting average 5.50 7.40 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 Top score 25* 9 Balls bowled 1,927 1,099 Wickets 53 71 Bowling average 22.67 13.71 5 wickets in innings 1 1 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 5/21 5/12 Catches/stumpings 11/– 15/–
Source: CricketArchive, 21 February 2023
Medal record Representing  Bangladesh Women's Cricket Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Team South Asian Games 2019 Kathmandu/Pokhara Team Women's Asia Cup Winner 2018 Malaysia

Career

Akter made her debut in international matches against Pakistan in a T20 match on 30 September 2015.^[1][2]

Nahida bowling for Bangladesh during the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup

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.^[3][4][5] Later the same month, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.^[6]

In October 2018, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.^[7][8] In August 2019, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Scotland.^[9] She was the leading wicket-taker for Bangladesh in the tournament, with ten dismissals in five matches.^[10] In November 2019, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the cricket tournament at the 2019 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 in Bangladesh's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.^[13] In November 2021, she was named in Bangladesh's team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe.^[14] Later the same month, in Bangladesh's third match against Zimbabwe, she took her first five-wicket haul in WODI cricket.^[15]

In January 2022, she was named in Bangladesh's team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier tournament in Malaysia.^[16] In Bangladesh's second match of the tournament, against Kenya, she took her first five-wicket haul in WT20Is,^[17] with five wickets for twelve runs.^[18] Later the same month, she was named in Bangladesh's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.^[19]

She was named in the Bangladesh squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.^[20]

Akter was part of the Bangladesh squad for the 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Pakistan in April 2025.^[21]