21 Facts About Sana Mir

Sana Mir was born on 5 January 1986 and is a Pakistani cricket commentator and former cricketer who served as a captain of the Pakistan national women's cricket team in ODIs and T20Is.

Sana Mir played in 226 international matches, including 137 where she captained the side.

Sana Mir was the first bowler for Pakistan to take 100 wickets in WODIs.

Sana Mir played domestic cricket for Karachi and Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited.

Sana Mir has led Pakistan to two consecutive women's cricket gold medals at the Asian Games, in 2010 and 2014.

Sana Mir was announced Player of the Tournament at the 2008 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier, and currently ranks 1st in the Women's ODI Bowlers in the ICC Player Rankings.

Sana Mir has been in Top 20 ICC rankings for last 9 years.

In September 2017, Bismah Maroof was made captain of Pakistan women's ODI team, after Mir stepped down from the role.

In May 2022, Sana Mir temporarily came out of retirement to captain South Coast Sapphires in the 2022 FairBreak Invitational T20.

Sana Mir was born in Abbottabad, into a military family from Rawalpindi.

Sana Mir's father, Mir Moatazid, was a colonel in Pakistan Army and during her father's service she lived in different cantonments.

Sana Mir received her early education from Rawalpindi and then studied briefly during her stay in Gujranwala Cantonment.

Sana Mir completed her matriculation in HITEC HEAVY INDUSTRIES TAXILA EDUCATION CITY Taxila Cantonment.

On 4 May 2009, Sana Mir was handed the Pakistan captaincy for the Women's World Twenty20.

Sana Mir retained the captaincy for the forthcoming 2010 ICC Women's Cricket Challenge in South Africa.

At the 2010 Asian Games, Sana Mir led the team to a gold medal.

Sana Mir's team has yet to lose a game at domestic level in the past four years.

Sana Mir led the Pakistan team to their first ever tournament win in both the T20 and ODI formats when they played in Sri Lanka in 2011.

Sana Mir was awarded the Player of the Match title in the T20 quadrangular-cup final against the Netherlands.

Sana Mir became the first woman cricketer to receive PCB Woman cricketer of the Year Award 2013.

Sana Mir played in Pakistan's gold-medal winning team in the 2014 Asian Games.