Can Anaya Bangar play for cricket Team India?

By Ravi - Jul 20, 2025 07:53 PM
Last updated on Jul 20, 2025 07:59 PM

Aryan Bangar, son of India's legendary cricketer Sanjay Bangar, had his gender changed last year. Now she is known as Anaya Bangar (Anaya Bangar News) and is very active on social media. Actually, before gender change, Anaya used to be a cricketer by profession and had a lot of experience in club cricket. Now if Anaya wants to play cricket again, can she represent the Indian women's cricket team?

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Ananya Bangar

Ananya, formerly known as Aryan, has undergone hormone replacement therapy and gender-affirming surgery and now identifies herself as a woman. She has been involved with cricket and has played for Islam Gymkhana in local club cricket in Mumbai and Hinckley Cricket Club in Leicestershire, UK. She also represented Puducherry in the national Cooch Behar Trophy Under-19, scoring 300 runs with the help of a century and two half-centuries and taking 20 wickets in five matches.

The main question of her eligibility for Team India depends on the current rules. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has banned transgender athletes who have attained male puberty from participating in women's international cricket. Similarly, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has also banned transgender women from participating in women's cricket at all levels in the country.

Can Ananya Bangar play for Team India?

The International Cricket Council (ICC) changed its policy in November 2023. According to the new policy, any player who has transitioned from male to female will not be allowed to play in women's cricket matches. Irrespective of any surgery or treatment he has undergone. It has been made clear in the new policy that no player who has transitioned from male to female will be allowed to play in women's cricket.

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For these reasons, Anaya Bangar will also not be allowed to join the Indian women's cricket team and play any matches. If you look at Anaya Bangar's Instagram profile, she still describes herself as a cricketer. In her profile, she has described herself as a cricketer as well as a model. More than 3 lakh people follow her on Instagram.

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