Full name Ekta Bisht Name Ekta Bisht Batting style Left-hand Role Cricket Player | Odi shirt number 8 National side India | |
Born 8 February 1986 (age 38) ( 1986-02-08 ) Almora, Uttarakhand in India ODI debut 2 July 2011 v Australia women Last ODI April 12 2013 v Bangladesh women | ||
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox | ||
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Ekta Bisht is an Indian cricket player. She is left handed batswoman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler. She is the first International woman cricketer from Uttarakhand state of India.
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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 ₹14,000 or US$220 in 2016), 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.
Career
Bisht became captain of the Uttarakhand cricket team in 2006. She played for the Uttar Pradesh cricket team from 2007 to 2010.
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. 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.