Overview

• Bangar delivered an eight-page scientific report to the ICC and BCCI on June 19 detailing her transition journey and athletic assessments
• The study at Manchester Metropolitan University Institute of Sport measured her strength, endurance, hemoglobin, glucose and lung capacity after three months of hormone therapy and intensive training
• Results indicate her performance metrics now fall within the typical ranges of cisgender female athletes across key physiological measures
• The ICC currently bars transgender women who underwent male puberty from international women’s cricket and the England and Wales Cricket Board enforces a similar prohibition
• Bangar is the 23-year-old daughter of former India all-rounder and coach Sanjay Bangar and previously played at the Mumbai U-16 and Pondicherry U-19 levels before her transition