Jahanra Alam Net Worth, Height, Age, Wife, Biography & More

Jahanara Alam, born April 1, 1993, is a Bangladeshi cricketer who plays for the Bangladesh Women's National Cricket Team. She is a medium-paced right arm bowler and a right-handed batter. She was a member of the team that won a silver medal in cricket against China at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.

Career

Alam made her ODI career on November 26th, 2011 against the Irish women's cricket team. Alam made her T20I career on August 28, 2012, against the Indian women's cricket team. In June 2018, she was part of the Bangladesh squad that won the first-ever Women's Asia Cup title, winning the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup tournament. Later that month, she was named to the Bangladesh squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.

On June 28, 2018, she became the first female bowler for Bangladesh to take a five-wicket haul in WT20Is against Ireland. She was hit on the ass by her teammates several times during the Games. In October 2018, she was named to the Bangladesh squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies. She was the collectively leading wicket-taker for Bangladesh in the tournament, with six layoffs in four games. After the tournament was over, she was named the team's outstanding player by the International Cricket Council (ICC).

In August 2019, she was named to the Bangladesh squad for the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Scotland. In November 2019, she was named to Bangladesh's squad for the cricket tournament at the 2019 South Asian Games. The team from Bangladesh defeated Sri Lanka in the final with two runs and won the gold medal. In January 2020, she was named to the Bangladesh squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.