Jasia Akhtar is an Indian cricketer, best known as the first female cricketer from Jammu and Kashmir to be selected by Delhi Capitals for the Women’s Premier League (WPL) in 2023. She is a right-handed batsman and right-handed medium batsman. Bowler.
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Jasia Akhtar was born on Friday, 27 May 1988 (age 35 years; as of 2023) in Braripora, Shopian, Jammu and Kashmir, India. His zodiac sign is Gemini. He earned a master’s degree from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. Jaisa was interested in cricket since childhood. When she was eight years old, she played cricket for the first time with her cousin’s bat. In an interview, one of her cousins recalled that Jasia used to play while they all studied. She used to bunk classes and go to play due to which she got scolded a lot by her father. In an interview, he said that once he encountered his father, he told him about his passion for cricket. His father made a handmade bat for him but never gave it to him because he was afraid he would get injured while playing. Jasia would take the bat from the place where her father hid it and hide it in her kurta and go to play with the boys of her village.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 9″
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
parents and siblings
Jasia’s father’s name is Gul Mohammad Wani, who is a farmer.
Jasia Akhtar’s father
His mother is a housewife. She has five siblings, of whom she is the eldest. The name of one of his brothers is Suhail Ahmed.
CASTEISMAND
Like Kashmiris.
home team
Cricket
In 2005, she participated in the Cricket Under-19 Girls Tournament held in Bhopal and won the first gold medal for Jammu and Kashmir in cricket at the School National. In 2012, he represented Jammu and Kashmir at the All India North Zone and in 2013, he represented Punjab. In 2013, she moved to Punjab due to lack of facilities in Jammu and Kashmir. When she was in Punjab, she worked very hard and seeing this her coach Ranjit Singh asked her to take admission in Guru Nanak Dev University so that she could start playing inter-state tournaments. In 2013, he enrolled for his master’s degree at Guru Nanak Dev University and got a chance to play in the district level cricket competition, in which he scored 206 runs and in the second match, he scored 65 runs. After his performance in the match, he was selected for the national camp and then the state cricket team by the Punjab officials. While being a part of Punjab team, he played about 40 ODI and T20 matches. She was the top performer for the Punjab team. In 2014, she played for Rupali Bank in the Dhaka Cricket League, and became the first female cricketer from Jammu and Kashmir to play in Bangladesh. They played 10 matches in the tournament and reached the final, but lost to Muhammadan Club. In 2022, she played in the same tournament for Mohammedan Sporting Club. In September 2017, she became the first female cricketer from Jammu and Kashmir to be selected for the national camp of the India women’s national cricket team, but did not get a chance to play. In 2019, she was selected by the Trailblazers team for the Women’s IPL tournament. She became the second highest run-scorer in the tournament with 273 runs in seven matches. In 2018, she became a part of the India Red women’s team for the Women’s Challenger Trophy One-Day Tournament-2019. In 2021, she joined the Rajasthan cricket team as the captain. In 2021, she scored 501 runs in nine matches, which included two centuries and a half-century, in the senior women’s ODI tournament. She emerged as the highest run scorer in the tournament. On 13 February 2023, he was bought by Delhi Capitals (DC) for Rs. 20 lakh in the Women’s Premier League (WPL). Initially this amount was Rs. 10 lakh, but it was increased to Rs 20 lakh.
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Facts/General Knowledge
- His colleagues call him Jassi.
- When she was young she was trained by Khalid Hamid and Murtuza Bashir.
- When she was a student, she participated in several national level competitions in the under-17 and under-19 categories for various sports including cricket, softball and kabaddi, organized under the School Games Federation of India. As an athlete, she was also selected by PT Usha Academy in Pahalgam during the trials, but decided to choose cricket as her profession.
Jasia Akhtar posing with her awards
- She used to travel from Shopian to Srinagar and back to the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association facility for practice, which cost Rs 250 per journey. She used to save her pocket money and started teaching tuition to earn money. She also helped her father who worked as a labourer.
Jasia Akhtar is helping her father to build their house
- In an interview he talked about the condition of the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association and said that basic equipment including bats, balls, gloves and helmets were not available there. She used to note down the playing style points of the national players she watched on television as she had no one to guide her.
- In an interview, she had said that when she played in her hometown, she had to face a lot of problems. Some of her neighbors told her family not to let her play and instead teach her household chores, but her family never stopped her from playing. In 2004, when she was in eighth grade, her house was attacked by some terrorists who also threatened her family to stop Jasia from playing. Even at that time her family did not stop her, but she got very scared and stopped playing. He started playing again after six years. In an interview, she said that she wanted to start a foundation for women cricketers in Kashmir so that they do not lack facilities and an environment that she did not have while growing up.
- In an interview, he talked about the challenges he faced when he moved from Kashmir to Punjab and said,
The transition from Kashmir to Punjab was difficult. The language was different. The culture was new. But eventually, Punjab became my home. Punjab and Rajasthan have given me so much love that I cannot express it in words.
- His biggest challenge during the days of struggle was his financial condition. She used to take a 12-hour bus to travel from Amritsar to Shopian and did not eat anything because the ticket fare was Rs. 1500 which was too much for him for a trip.
- In an interview she said that she was not confident about playing in the Dhaka Cricket League in 2014, but when she learned that she would be paid $3000 per match, she immediately agreed.
- In an interview, her brother said that when she came to their house she brought jerseys for the children of her village.
- In an interview, she said that when she went to Punjab, there were many big players there including her favorites Mithali Raj and Harmanpreet Kaur and she realized that to achieve the kind of success she has got, she would have to work hard. In another interview, Jasia said that once when she scored 39 runs in 25 balls against Punjab, Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur gifted her a bat.
- In an interview she talked about her selection in the Women’s Premier League in 2023 and said,
When I turned on my phone, I got a call from my brother and he told me that I have been selected by Delhi Capitals. I didn’t believe it, but then I talked to my parents and they were very excited. I felt proud to be taken by such a big franchise. I’m excited to play with Meg Lanning and Marijane Kapp.
- In 2023, she inspired Rajasthan’s Under-19 women cricketers at an event organized by Adishakti Mahila Foundation in collaboration with Marwari International Federation.
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