Shorna Akter (born 1 January 2007) is a Bangladeshi

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er who plays for the

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as a right-arm

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bowler and right-hand batter.

International career

In December 2022, she was selected to

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for the

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. She scored 153 runs with the average of 51.00 and one half-century (50*) in that tournament. She is the only Bangladeshi player was named in team of the tournament. In January 2023 she was named in Bangladesh's T20I squad for the

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. She made her

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(T20I) debut against

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on 12 January 2023 in the T20 World Cup. She scored 59 runs and took 2 wickets in that tournament. In April 2023, she was named for the

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's T20I and ODI squad for the series against Sri Lanka. Latter she was ruled out of the series due to injury. In July 2023, she was named in the ODI squad for the series against India. She made her

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(ODI) debut against

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, on 16 July 2023. But she didn't come to bat due to appendicitis pain. In August 2023, she was selected to the national team for the

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. She was the part of

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winning team of

in that tournament. In October 2023, she played all round performances against

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in T20I series and helping Bangladesh to win maiden T20I series over Pakistan. She took her maiden five-wicket haul (5/28 in her 4 overs) in T20Is on 3 December 2023, against

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when Bangladesh tour to South Africa.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Akter, Shorna 2007 births Living people Bangladesh women One Day International cricketers Bangladesh women Twenty20 International cricketers Cricketers at the 2022 Asian Games Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in cricket Asian Games bronze medalists for Bangladesh