Sharmin Akhter

Sharmin Akhter Supta is a Bangladeshi cricketer who plays for the Bangladesh women's national cricket team. She plays as a right-handed batter.

Early life

Sharmin was born in Gaibanda, Bangladesh.

Career

Sharmin made her ODI and T20I debut against Ireland on 26 November 2011 and 28 August 2012, respectively.
In October 2018, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies. In November 2021, she was named in Bangladesh's team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe.
In the second match of the World Cup qualifiers against the United States, Sharmin scored an unbeaten 130 runs from 141 deliveries to take Bangladesh to 322–5 at the end of 50 overs. She hit 11 boundaries in the innings and she became the first ever centurion in ODIs for the Bangladesh Women's cricket team. She achieved this milestone by playing her 26th match. The previous highest individual innings in ODI cricket was 75 runs.
In January 2022, she was named in Bangladesh's team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier tournament in Malaysia. Later the same month, she was named in Bangladesh's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.
Akhter was part of the Bangladesh squad for the 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Pakistan in April 2025.