Nigar Sultana Career, Biography & More
Nigar Sultana born 1 August 1997 is a Bangladeshi cricketer and captain of the Bangladesh women's national cricket team in the WODI and WT20I formats. She is a wicketkeeper and right-hand batswoman who bats in the middle order.
Nigar Sultana Career, Biography & More

Nationality | Bangladesh |
Role | |
Born | 1st Aug, 1997 |
Age | 27 years, 8 months, 10 days |
Batting Style | Right Hand Bat |
Overview | ODI | T20I | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Matches | 38 | 79 | ||||
Innings | 33 | 75 | ||||
Not Out | 3 | 16 | ||||
Runs | 714 | 1515 | ||||
High Score | 73 | 113 | ||||
Average | 23.80 | 25.67 | ||||
Strike Rate | 49.44 | 90.28 | ||||
100S | 0 | 1 | ||||
50S | 3 | 5 | ||||
6S | 5 | 12 | ||||
4S | 45 | 148 |
Overview | ODI | T20I | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Matches | 38 | 79 | ||||
Innings | 0 | 0 | ||||
overs | 0 | 0 | ||||
Runs | 0 | 0 | ||||
wickets | 0 | 0 | ||||
bestinning | ||||||
bestmatch | ||||||
Average | ||||||
econ | ||||||
Strike Rate | ||||||
4W | 0 | 0 | ||||
5W | 0 | 0 | ||||
10w | 0 | 0 |
Cricket Career
In June 2018, she was part of the Bangladesh squad that won its first-ever Women's Asia Cup title by winning the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup tournament. Later that same month, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.
In October 2018, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies. In August 2019, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Scotland.
In October 2019, she was named to the Women's Global Development Squad ahead of a five-game series in Australia. In November 2019, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2019 South Asian Games cricket tournament. The Bangladesh team defeated Sri Lanka by two runs in the final to win the gold medal.
In January 2020, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia. She was the leading run-scorer for Bangladesh in the tournament with 114 runs in four matches.
In November 2021, she was named captain of the Bangladesh team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup qualifying tournament in Zimbabwe. In January 2022, she was named captain of the Bangladesh team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier tournament in Malaysia. Later the same month, she was named captain of the Bangladesh team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.
Sultana played her 100th Twenty20 International (T20I) match on 3 October 2024 against Scotland in the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. She was the first Bangladeshi cricketer to achieve this feat.