Nida Rashid Dar (born 2 January 1987) is a Pakistani

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er who plays as a right-handed batter and right-arm

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bowler. She is the current captain of the

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since April 2023. An all-rounder, Dar is the most successful women's

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bowler. She is the first Pakistani cricketer to take 100 wickets in T20Is. She has played domestic cricket for Pakistan Universities,

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and

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Career

Dar made her One Day International debut against

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on 6 October 2010 in Potchefstroom,

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. She made her

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(WT20I) debut on 6 May 2010 against Sri Lanka at

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, St. Kitts. She was selected to play in the 2010 Asian Games in China.Khalid, Sana to lead Pakistan in Asian Games cricket event
onepakistan. 29 September 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2010. On 6 June 2018, during the

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match against Sri Lanka, she took her first five-wicket haul and the best bowling figures by a Pakistan woman in WT20Is. She finished the tournament as the highest wicket-taker for Pakistan, with eleven dismissals in five matches. In October 2018, she was named in Pakistan's squad for the

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tournament in the West Indies. Following the conclusion of the tournament, she was named as the standout player in the team by the

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(ICC). In January 2020, she was named in Pakistan's squad for the

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in Australia. In Pakistan's match against

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, she played in her 100th WT20I match. In June 2021, Dar was named in the Pakistan's squad across all formats for their away series against the West Indies. In the opening match of the T20I series, she picked up her 100th wicket by dismissing

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in the 10th over of the first innings, and became the first bowler, male or female to take 100 wickets in T20I cricket for Pakistan. Following the match, the

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(PCB) congratulated her for achieving the feat. In October 2021, she was named in Pakistan's team for the

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tournament in Zimbabwe. In January 2022, she was named as the vice-captain of Pakistan's team for the

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in New Zealand. In May 2022, she was named in Pakistan's team for the cricket tournament at the

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, England. In April 2023, the

appointed Dar as captain of the women’s national team.

Personal life

Dar's

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, "Lady Boom Boom", is an allusion to her batting firepower. Her father Rashid Hassan was a first-class cricketer.

Awards

* PCB's Women’s Cricketer of the Year: 2021

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dar, Nida 1987 births Living people People from Gujranwala Pakistani people of Kashmiri descent Pakistani women cricketers Pakistani women cricket captains Pakistan women One Day International cricketers Pakistan women Twenty20 International cricketers Pakistan Universities women cricketers Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited women cricketers Sialkot women cricketers Sydney Thunder (WBBL) cricketers Asian Games gold medalists for Pakistan Asian Games medalists in cricket Cricketers at the 2010 Asian Games Cricketers at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Cricketers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Pakistan