Ekta Bisht

Ekta Bisht
Ekta Bisht
Personal information
Full name Ekta Bisht
Born (1986-02-08) 8 February 1986
Almora, Uttarakhand, India
Batting Left-hand
Bowling Slow left-arm orthodox
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 94) 2 July 2011 v Australia
Last ODI 16 September 2018 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no. 8
T20I debut 23 June 2011 v Australia
Last T20I 10 June 2018 v Bangladesh
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2012–present Railways
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I
Matches 46 36
Runs scored 139 37
Batting average 9.92 4.62
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 18* 15
Balls bowled 2523 745
Wickets 71 45
Bowling average 20.64 14.84
5 wickets in innings 2
10 wickets in match n/a n/a
Best bowling 5/08 4/21
Catches/stumpings 8/– 6/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 24 July 2017

Ekta Bisht is an Indian cricket player.[1][2] She is left handed batswoman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler.[3][4] She is the first International woman cricketer from Uttarakhand state of India.

Early life

Ekta Bisht was born on 8 February 1986 in Almora, Uttar Pradesh (now in Uttarakhand) to Kundan Singh Bisht and Tara Bisht. Her father, Kundan Singh Bisht, retired from the Indian Army in 1988 at the rank of Havaldar. Ekta Bisht has two siblings. Bisht began playing cricket at the age of six. She would play the sport with boys, which often drew an audience as she was the only girl on a male team. Receiving only a pension of ₹1,500 (equivalent to ₹15,000 or US$200 in 2017), Kundan Singh Bisht opened a tea stall in Almora to supplement the family's income and support his daughter's cricketing career. The family's finances improved after Ekta was selected for the national team in 2011, and began receiving funding from sponsors. Following an increase in her father's Army pension, the family was able to close the tea stall.[5]

Career

Bisht became captain of the Uttarakhand cricket team in 2006. She played for the Uttar Pradesh cricket team from 2007 to 2010.[5]

Bisht was selected for the India women's national cricket team in 2011, and made her WODI debut on 2 July 2011 against Australia.

On 3 October 2012, Bisht took a hat-trick as India outplayed during match of the ICC World Women Twenty20 played in Colombo, Sri Lanka. India has restricted Sri Lanka to a modest 100 for eight after Bisht claimed a hat-trick in the last over.[6][7] Bisht was part of the Indian team to reach the final of the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup where the team lost to England by nine runs.[8][9][10]

In December 2017, she was named as one of the players in both the ICC Women's ODI Team of the Year and the ICC Women's T20I Team of the Year. She was the only woman named in both squads.[11][12]

In October 2018, she was named in India's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[13][14]

Awards

In November 2017, the Uttarakhand government decided to confer the year’s Khel Ratna award to bowler Ekta Bisht and Dronacharya award to her coach Liyakat Ali Khan.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "Ekta Bisht Profile". ESPNcricinfo Portal.
  2. ↑ "Ekta Bisht Player Profile and Carrer [sic] Details". Divya Bhaskar Portal.
  3. ↑ "Women's World Cup 2013 Teams and Players". NDTV Sports Portal.
  4. ↑ "Ekta, Harmanpreet guide India to victory over Bangla eves". Zee News Portal. 8 April 2013.
  5. 1 2 "Dad's tea stall brewed Ekta Bisht's success on pitch – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "ICC Women's T20 WC: Bisht shines with hat-trick in India`s play-off win". Zee News Portal. 3 October 2012.
  7. ↑ "Ekta Bisht hat-trick helps India trounce Sri Lanka women by 9 wickets". CricketCountry. 3 October 2012.
  8. ↑ Live commentary: Final, ICC Women's World Cup at London, Jul 23, ESPNcricinfo, 23 July 2017.
  9. ↑ World Cup Final, BBC Sport, 23 July 2017.
  10. ↑ England v India: Women's World Cup final – live!, The Guardian, 23 July 2017.
  11. ↑ "Ellyse Perry declared ICC's Women's Cricketer of the Year". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  12. ↑ "3 Indian Women in ICC Teams". The Hindu.
  13. ↑ "Indian Women's Team for ICC Women's World Twenty20 announced". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  14. ↑ "India Women bank on youth for WT20 campaign". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  15. ↑ "Bowler Ekta Bisht, coach Liyakat Ali Khan overjoyed with Khel Ratna, Dronacharya announcement - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
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