Today lets look into Bismah Maroof profile.
Who is Bismah Maroof?
With over 200 international games to her name, Bismah Maroof is one of the most experienced cricketers in Pakistan Women’s current setup. She is left handed top order batter. She was the first woman to score 1,000 runs in ODIs for Pakistan.
Former Pakistani women’s cricketer Urooj Mumtaz has declared all-rounder Bismah Maroof a better player than the current top-ranked batter Babar Azam.
Urooj Mumtaz gave the shocking statement during a TV show. She also said that Bismah Maroof is the Babar Azam of women’s cricket and at times, the all-rounder is a better player than Azam.
The video of her statement went viral on the internet.
She was part of the team that won a gold medal against Bangladesh at the 2010 Asian Games in China. She was named vice-captain of the Pakistan squad that won a second successive gold medal against Bangladesh at the 2014 Asian Games in South Korea.On 11 October 2017, Bismah was selected as captain of the Pakistan women’s cricket team ahead of the New Zealand series in the UAE. In the series, Pakistan won their first ever ODI against the New Zealand in the third match. In March 2018, under her captaincy Pakistan clean swept Sri Lanka 3-0 in the ODI series on the Sri Lanka tour. This was only the second time that the Pakistan team won an ODI series 3-0. In the T20 series, Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka 2-1. She was the leading run-scorer for Pakistan in the 2018 Women’s Twenty20 Asia Cup, with 143 runs in five matches.
Bismah Maroof Date of Birth
Bismah Maroof was born on July 18, 1991.
Bismah Maroof Current Age
Bismah Maroof current age is 32.
Bismah Maroof Place of Birth
Bismah Maroof place of birth is Lahore.
Bismah Maroof Batting Style
Bismah Maroof is a left-hand bat
Bismah Maroof Bowling Style
Bismah Maroof is LegBreak bowler
Bismah Maroof Height
Bismah Maroof height is 5 ft 5 inches (165 cm)
Bismah Maroof Family
Bismah was born into a Kashmiri family. Her parents being well-educated, were in favour of her pursuing an academic career and establishing herself in the world of medicine.
Bismah Maroof Husband
On November 28, 2018, she married Abrar Ahmed, a software engineer.
Bismah Maroof Education
Bismah Maroof education is Enter
Bismah Maroof Current Teams
Lahore, Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited and Pakistan Universities, Pakistan Women Team.
Bismah Maroof Early Cricketing Days
As she grew into her late teens; her interest for cricket developed, and that too to such an extent, that while at Lahore College for Women University, her passion peaked and so she decided to step out of academics, after completion of high school, into cricketing sphere, leaving behind the ambitions of becoming a doctor.
Bismah Maroof named Emerging Women Cricketer in year 2021
Pakistan’s cricketer Fatima Sana has been named ICC Women’s Emerging Cricketer 2021.
Bismah Maroof International Debut
The allrounder was only 15 when she made her ODI debut against India in December 2006, posting 43 in the game. Her T20I debut came three years later in May 2009 against Ireland.
Bismah Maroof also struck an impressive 50 not out on her ICC World Twenty20 debut in 2009
Bismah Maroof ODI Career and Stats
Batting
Bismah Maroof scored 3278 runs in 133 matches he played for Pakistan Women team. Her heighest score is 99. . Fatima Sana economy is ODI is 29.53. Fatima Sana strike rate is 58.27 in ODI. She has twenty 50s in ODI.
Bowling
Bismah Maroof has taken 44 wicketes in 35 matches he played for Pakistan Women Team with an economy of 4. Fatima Sana best bowling figure was 4/7.
Bismah Maroof T20 Career and Stas
Batting
She has 2893 T20 runs with his name in 140 matches. 70 not out is the highest score. Her strike rate is 91.34 with average of 27.55.
Bowling
Fatima Sana has 36 wickets in 29 T20 matches she played so far. Fatima Sana has economy of 5.62. Best bowling figure of 3/21 with average of 22.77.
Bismah Maroof Performance as Captain of Women Cricket Team
Bismah was named Pakistan’s all-format captain in September 2017 and has had the best win/loss ratio amongst all the regular players to lead the country in One-Day Internationals and T20 Internationals.
Under her captainship, Pakistan’s ODI team played 34 matches and won 16, while the T20I side won 27 out of 62 matches, the PCB said in a statement released today.
“There has been no bigger honour for me than leading the Pakistan team,” Bismah said on Twitter.
Bismah Maroof :Most Run Scorer for Pakistan Women’s Cricket in 2022
In June 2022, she became the most runs scorer for Pakistani women’s cricket team in both ODI and T20I formats (more than 2000 runs in each).
Bismah Maroof honored with Tamgha-E-Pakistan, 4th highest Civilian Award
Pakistan celebrating their 75th Independence day on the 14th of August,2002 felicitated cricketers with civil awards. Women’s team skipper Bimah Maroof was conferred with Tamgha-E-Pakistan, men’s team skipper Babar Azam with Sitara-E-Pakistan and blind cricketer Masood Jan with the Pride of Performance award.
Bismah Maroof World Record in Women Cricket
Bismah Maroof currently holds the world record for having scored the most number of runs in the history of Women’s ODIs without a single career century with 3,017 runs.
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