Anaya Bangar urges BCCI to adopt Cricket Australia's transgender player policy
Anaya Bangar asked the BCCI to follow Cricket Australia's transgender player policy after receiving clearance to compete in Australia from March 2027.
Anaya Bangar has asked the BCCI to copy Cricket Australia’s rules after she won permission to play elite women’s cricket in Australia starting March 2027. The 25-year-old, daughter of former India player and coach Sanjay Bangar, received the green light in August under Cricket Australia’s transgender and gender-diverse policy.
She told Hindustan Times, “If BCCI can follow what Australia has done, that would be a wonderful thing,” and hopes the Indian board will open a route for transgender players. Bangar had sought clarity from the BCCI in 2025 but has yet to hear back. Cricket Australia’s policy sets a serum testosterone limit below 10 nmol/L for at least 12 months; her elite clearance begins in March 2027 once a blood test confirms the level stays under the mark.
Until then she can take part in Premier Cricket anywhere in Australia, as those matches count as community level. Despite online criticism, she said, “They haven’t experienced what I have,” and plans to continue her career.
CricHubb Take
Bangar's clearance creates the first concrete test case for whether Indian cricket will treat eligibility as a medical and administrative question rather than a political one.