Fahima Khatun

Fahima Khatun (Bengali: ফাহিমা খাতুন; born 2 November 1992) is a Bangladeshi cricketer who plays for the Bangladesh women's national cricket team.^[1] In May 2018, in a 50 over tour match in South Africa, she took eight wickets for five runs in ten overs.^[2] She was the first cricketer for Bangladesh to take a hat-trick in a Women's Twenty20 International match.^[3]

Fahima Khatun

Fahima Khatun in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Fahima Khatun
Born	(1992-11-02) 2 November 1992 (age 33)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm leg break
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Bangladesh (2013–present)
ODI debut (cap 17)	8 April 2013 v India
Last ODI	27 March 2024 v Australia
T20I debut (cap 19)	5 April 2013 v India
Last T20I	12 October 2024 v South Africa
T20I shirt no.	9
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2008/09–2009/10	Barisal Division
2010/11	Khulna Division
2012/13	Barisal Division
2017–2017/18	Chittagong Division
2021/22–present	Western Zone
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I Matches 39 88 Runs scored 227 402 Batting average 9.45 9.80 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 Top score 46* 32* Balls bowled 1,170 1,363 Wickets 22 54 Bowling average 40.54 24.14 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 3/38 4/8 Catches/stumpings 14/– 32/–
Medal record Representing  Bangladesh Women's Cricket Asian Games 2014 Incheon Team 2022 Hangzhou Team South Asian Games 2019 Kathmandu/Pokhara Team Women's Asia Cup Winner 2018 Malaysia
Source: Cricinfo, 10 October 2024

Career

In June 2018, she was part of Bangladesh's squad that won the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup tournament, their first ever Women's Asia Cup title.^[4][5][6] Later the same month, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.^[7] In the tournament match against the United Arab Emirates on 10 July 2018, she took a hat-trick in WT20Is.^[8]

In October 2018, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.^[9][10] In August 2019, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Scotland.^[11] In November 2019, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the cricket tournament at the 2019 South Asian Games.^[12] The Bangladesh team beat Sri Lanka by two runs in the final to win the gold medal.^[13]

In January 2020, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.^[14] In November 2021, she was named in Bangladesh's team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe.^[15] In January 2022, she was named in Bangladesh's team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier tournament in Malaysia.^[16] Later the same month, she was named in Bangladesh's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.^[17]

She was named in the Bangladesh squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.^[18]

Khatun was part of the Bangladesh squad for the 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Pakistan in April 2025.^[19]

Education

She is a student of the Law department at Islamic University, Bangladesh in Kushtia.^[20]