Anaya Bangar, daughter of former India cricketer Sanjay Bangar, has received clearance from Cricket Australia to participate in women's community cricket following gender-affirming surgery, with potential elite-level eligibility from March 2027 pending testosterone level requirements.
Anaya Bangar is set to resume her cricket career in Australia after undergoing gender-affirming surgery earlier this year. Cricket Australia has approved her participation in women's community cricket competitions, including state and territorial Premier Cricket matches, with the possibility of progressing to elite levels beginning in March 2027.
Eligibility for elite competition, such as the Women's Big Bash League, will hinge on meeting Cricket Australia's specific medical criteria. The governing body requires that transgender female athletes maintain serum testosterone concentrations below 10 nmol/L continuously for at least 12 months. According to medical documentation provided by Bangar, this threshold will be satisfied by March 2027, at which point she must undergo blood testing to verify compliance and continued eligibility.
Bangar clarified that approval for elite-level eligibility does not guarantee selection to any team, emphasizing that she must still demonstrate competitive merit through training and performance. She expressed her ambition to pursue selection pathways within Australian women's cricket, including the WBBL. Bangar previously competed as an age-group cricketer for Mumbai alongside players such as Sarfaraz Khan and Musheer Khan.
Cricket Australia's domestic policy operates independently from International Cricket Council regulations. The ICC determined in 2023 that transgender women who have undergone male puberty are ineligible for international women's cricket competition, creating a distinction between domestic and international standards.
