Nahida Akter (; born 2 March 2000) is a

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cricketer. She is a right handed batter and a

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bowler.

Career

Akter made her

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in international matches against

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in a T20 match on 30 September 2015. In June 2018, she was part of Bangladesh's squad that won their first ever

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title, winning the

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tournament. Later the same month, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the

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tournament. In October 2018, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the

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tournament in the West Indies. In August 2019, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the

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tournament in Scotland. She was the leading wicket-taker for Bangladesh in the tournament, with ten dismissals in five matches. In November 2019, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the cricket tournament at the

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. The Bangladesh team beat Sri Lanka by two runs in the final to win the gold medal. In January 2020, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the

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in Australia. In November 2021, she was named in Bangladesh's team for the

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tournament in Zimbabwe. Later the same month, in Bangladesh's third match against Zimbabwe, she took her first five-wicket haul in WODI cricket. In January 2022, she was named in Bangladesh's team for the

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tournament in Malaysia. In Bangladesh's second match of the tournament, against

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, she took her first five-wicket haul in WT20Is, with five wickets for twelve runs. Later the same month, she was named in Bangladesh's team for the

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in New Zealand. She was named in the Bangladesh squad for the

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. Akter was part of the Bangladesh squad for the

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in Pakistan in April 2025.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Akter, Nahida Living people 2000 births Bangladeshi women cricketers Bangladesh women Twenty20 International cricketers Bangladesh women One Day International cricketers South Asian Games gold medalists for Bangladesh South Asian Games medalists in cricket Barisal Division women cricketers Northern Zone women cricketers Place of birth missing (living people) Cricketers at the 2022 Asian Games Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in cricket Asian Games bronze medalists for Bangladesh