Rabeya Khan is a Bangladeshi

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er who plays as a right-arm

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bowler. In November 2019, she earned her maiden call-up to the

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, for the 2019 Women's South Asian Games, which took place in

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. She made her

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(WT20I) debut for Bangladesh, against

, on 4 December 2019. She took four

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s for eight runs in the match and was named the

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. This was also the fourth best bowling figures on debut and the fifth best bowling figure by a Bangladeshi bowler in a Women's T20I. In January 2020, she was named as a standby player in the Bangladesh's squad for the

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. In March 2021, she was named in the Bangladesh Women's Emerging team's squad for their home series against South Africa Emerging. In the third match of the series, she took three wickets while conceding 15 runs and was named the player of the match. She was selected to play for the Blue Team in the 2020–21 Bangabandhu 9th Bangladesh Games.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Rabeya Living people Date of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Bangladeshi women cricketers Bangladesh women One Day International cricketers Bangladesh women Twenty20 International cricketers Southern Zone women cricketers Cricketers at the 2022 Asian Games Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in cricket Asian Games bronze medalists for Bangladesh South Asian Games medalists in cricket South Asian Games gold medalists for Bangladesh