Fahima Khatun (born 2 November 1992) is a Bangladeshi cricketer who plays for the Bangladesh women's national cricket team.[1] In May 2018, in a 50 over tour match in South Africa, she took eight wickets for five runs in ten overs.[2] She was the first cricketer for Bangladesh to take a hat-trick in a Women's Twenty20 International match.[3]
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| Full name | Fahima Khatun | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1992-11-02) 2 November 1992 (age 29) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm leg break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 17) | 8 April 2013 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 27 March 2022 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 19) | 5 April 2013 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 18 January 2022 v Malaysia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2008/09–2009/10 | Barisal Division | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010/11 | Khulna Division | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012/13 | Barisal Division | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2017/18 | Chittagong Division | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021/22–present | Western Zone | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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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.[4][5][6] Later the same month, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.[7] In the tournament match against the United Arab Emirates on 10 July 2018, she took her first hat-trick in WT20Is.[8]
In October 2018, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[9][10] In August 2019, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Scotland.[11] In November 2019, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the cricket tournament at the 2019 South Asian Games.[12] The Bangladesh team beat Sri Lanka by two runs in the final to win the gold medal.[13]
In January 2020, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[14] In November 2021, she was named in Bangladesh's team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe.[15] In January 2022, she was named in Bangladesh's team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier tournament in Malaysia.[16] Later the same month, she was named in Bangladesh's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.[17]
She is a student of the Law department at Islamic University, Bangladesh in Kushtia.[18]
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