ICC Women's World Cup 2025: Meet the 8 Trailblazing Captains

ICC Women's World Cup 2025: Meet the 8 Trailblazing Captains

By: WE staff

Team Bangladesh

Captain: Nigar Sultana Joty

Nigar Sultana Joty is a valuable player for the Bangladeshi women's cricket team, as she's the captain for their One Day Internationals (ODI) and Twenty20 Internationals (T20I).

Nigar now plays in all three formats of the game, playing middle order (right-handed batter) and as a wicketkeeper.

In ODIs, Nigar has accumulated a total of 897 runs with an average of 23.60, 55 with a highest score of 73. In T20Is, Nigar accumulated a total of 2048 runs with an average of 27.30, a hundred in absolute figures, eight fifties, and with a highest score of 113.

Nigar is also a capable wicketkeeper with 46 stumpings and 22 catches in T20Is and 16 stumpings and 26 catches in ODIs.

Team members: Nahida Akter, Fargana Hoque, Rubya Haider Jhelik, Sharmin Akter Supta, Sobhana Mostary, Ritu Moni, Shorna Akter, Fahima Khatun, Rabeya Khan, Marufa Akter, Fariha Islam Trisna, Shanjida Akther Maghla, Nishita Akter Nishi, Sumaiya Akter

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