Archive · 2 Jul 2025
Anaya Bangar Shares Journey, Urges Cricket Inclusion
Anaya Bangar, the daughter of a former cricketer, shared her experience with surgeries to affirm her gender.
She also wrote letters to cricket governing bodies, the BCCI and ICC, about a research project she did.
This project studied how hormone therapy affects athletic performance, showing it aligns her body with female standards.
She is now asking these organizations to have open discussions and make policies that will allow transgender women to play cricket fairly.
She wants to use science to help make the sport more inclusive.
Anaya Bangar, daughter of Sanjay Bangar, shared undergoing breast augmentation and tracheal shave surgery.
The surgeries are part of her gender-affirming care journey, as she has openly discussed her transition.
Bangar wrote to the BCCI and ICC regarding her research on hormone therapy's effects on athletic performance.
Her research project at Manchester Metropolitan University showed hormone therapy aligning her physiology with female benchmarks.
She urges the BCCI to start a dialogue on transgender women's inclusion in women's cricket based on scientific data.
- Who
- Anaya Bangar, daughter of Sanjay Bangar.
- What
- Anaya Bangar shared her gender-affirming surgeries and wrote to the BCCI and ICC regarding her research on hormone therapy's effects on athletic performance.
- When
- The surgeries were recent, and the research was conducted from January to March 2025.
- Where
- The research was conducted at the Manchester Metropolitan University Institute of Sport in the UK.
- Why
- To share her journey of self-acceptance and advocate for inclusive policies in women's cricket.
Inclusion Advocates
Fair Play Advocates
Eligibility and Fairness
Inclusion Advocates
Advocate for inclusive policies allowing transgender women to participate in women's cricket based on scientific data.
Fair Play Advocates
Focus on fairness and competitive balance, considering potential advantages or disadvantages of transgender athletes.
- Individual
- Anaya Bangar
- Profession
- Transgender Cricketer
- Parent
- Sanjay Bangar
- Research Location
- Manchester Metropolitan University Institute of Sport
- Research Duration
- 8 weeks (January-March 2025)