Chaya Mughal (born 20 June 1986) is an Indian-born cricketer who plays for the
United Arab Emirates national cricket team
The United Arab Emirates national cricket team ( ar, فريق الإمارات الوطني للكريكيت) is the team that represents the United Arab Emirates in international cricket. They are governed by the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) w ...
and is the current captain of the national team.
Personal life
Mughal grew up in
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* Kashmir, the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent
* Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), a region administered by India as a union territory
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. She moved to the UAE in 2009 and is a schoolteacher by profession. As of January 2022 she taught at the Ambassador School in
Dubai
Dubai (, ; ar, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 emirates of the United Arab Emirates.The Government and Politics of ...
.
Cricket career
Before moving to the UAE, Mughal represented Jammu and Kashmir state in Indian domestic cricket.
[ In July 2018, she was named in the UAE squad for the ]2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier
The 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier was an international women's cricket tournament held from 7 to 14 July 2018 in the Netherlands. It was the third edition of the Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier and was the qualification tournament ...
tournament.WT20I
Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) is the shortest form of women's international cricket. A women's Twenty20 International is a 20 overs-per-side cricket match between two of the International Cricket Council (ICC) members. The first Twe ...
debut against Netherlands
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on 7 July 2018.2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier
The 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier was a cricket tournament that took place in the United Arab Emirates in November 2021. The matches were played with Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status, with the top team progressing to ...
, with her team emerging undefeated to progress to the 2022 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier
The 2022 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier is an international women's cricket tournament that is scheduled to be held in 2022. It will be the fifth edition of the Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier and will serve as the qualification tournament ...
. She retained the captaincy for the qualifier which the UAE hosted in September 2022.
References
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1986 births
Living people
Cricketers from Jammu and Kashmir
Sportswomen from Jammu and Kashmir
Indian women cricketers
Emirati women cricketers
United Arab Emirates women Twenty20 International cricketers
Women cricket captains
Indian emigrants to the United Arab Emirates
Indian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
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