Shohely Akhter

Shohely Akhter Khatun (Bengali: সোহেলী আক্তার) (born 16 June 1988) is a Bangladeshi cricketer who plays as a right-arm off break bowler.^[1][2][3] She appeared in two One Day Internationals and five Twenty20 Internationals for Bangladesh in 2013 and 2014. She played domestic cricket for Dhaka Division.^[4][5] In September 2022, she was selected in the team for Women's T20 Asia Cup in Bangladesh, coming back in national side after 8 years.

Shohely Akhter

Personal information
Full name	Shohely Akhter Khatun
Born	(1988-06-16) 16 June 1988 (age 36) Rajbari, Bangladesh
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Bangladesh (2013–2022)
ODI debut (cap 19)	10 April 2013 v India
Last ODI	6 March 2014 v Pakistan
T20I debut (cap 17)	2 April 2013 v India
Last T20I	1 October 2022 v Thailand
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2008/09–2017/18	Dhaka Division
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I WLA WT20 Matches 2 5 13 10 Runs scored 1 3 124 39 Batting average 0 3 13.77 6.50 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 0 3 34 16 Balls bowled 90 78 552 198 Wickets 3 0 16 2 Bowling average 16.33 – 17.87 94.00 5 wickets in innings 0 – 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 – 0 0 Best bowling 3/13 – 4/18 1/15 Catches/stumpings 0/– 0/– 5/– 1/–
Source: CricketArchive, 2 October 2022

Akhter was born on 16 June 1988 in Rajbari District. She was part 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.^[6][7]

International ban

Akhter was banned from all forms of cricket for five years by the International Cricket Council after she admitted breaching five provisions of the ICC anti-corruption code. She made an offer of ৳2 million (US$16,400 approx.) to the player to get out hit wicket during the match between Bangladesh and Australia in the 2023 Women's T20 World Cup which was held in South Africa. For failing to report those approaches made by her to the player, she was found guilty of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code 2.1.1, 2.1.3, 2.1.4, 2.4.4 and 2.4.7 and was handed a five-year ban.^[8][9][10]