Sumaiya Akter (born 15 October 2005) 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. In December 2022, she was selected to

Bangladesh women's under-19 cricket team The Bangladesh women's national Under-19 cricket team represents the nation of Bangladesh in cricket at women's Under-19 level. The team have formed in 2020 and they have not played any matches. They will participate 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's ...

for the

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. She scored 65 runs with the average of 21.66 and scored 31* against Australia women's under-19 team in that tournament.

International career

In October 2023, Sumaiya was earned maiden call-up for national team of Bangladesh to ODI and T20I squad for the series against Pakistan. She made her

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(T20I) debut against

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on 29 October 2023. In November 2023, she was named in ODI and T20I squad for their series against South Africa. In March 2024, she was again selected to the national team for the ODI and T20I series against Australia. She made her

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(ODI) debut against

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on 27 March 2024.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Akter, Sumaiya 2005 births Living people Bangladeshi women cricketers Bangladesh women One Day International cricketers Bangladesh women Twenty20 International cricketers