Bangladesh is following all avenues it can in order to make an impact at the upcoming ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 in India and Sri Lanka on September 30.

This will be only Bangladesh’s second appearance at a Women’s World Cup (after their debut at New Zealand in 2022, where they had a single win). In order to surpass their last success, the team has been preparing for this WC with mixed training camps, practice matches, and match-scenario drills to better players’ skills and mindset.

At present, a number of players competing for the World Cup have played in the recent three-team Challenge Cup tournament in Savar before the entire squad relocates to Sylhet in early September. In Sylhet, the players will attend a nine-day training camp with a focus on three practice matches under day-night conditions that will be crucial as all seven group matches for Bangladesh in this year’s tournament will be day-night matches.

Chief selector Sazzad Ahmed Shipon reiterated the necessity of replicating World Cup scenarios as accurately as possible. “The girls will have a six-day break following the Challenge Cup. After that, we are taking the team to Sylhet for a nine-day practice camp. We will have three practice matches under lights, and there will be match scenarios too,” Shipon told The Daily Star.

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After Sylhet, the squad will then return to Dhaka and continue under lights again before departing for Colombo, where they will play warm-up matches against South Africa and Sri Lanka ahead of their October 2 World Cup opener against Pakistan.

Captain Nigar Sultana Joty will lead the campaign again after Bangladesh's phenomenal advancement of the game in women's cricket recently. The team hopes to build on previous performances as they have experienced players like Fargana Hoque, while aiming for consistency and resilience.

With camp organization, hard practice matches, and a plan of action, Bangladesh is giving itself every opportunity to rise on the world stage. Their journey from New Zealand 2022 to India and Sri Lanka 2025 is one of self-belief, preparation, and a burning desire to prove they are eligible to be counted among the elite.

Bangladesh Women captain Nigar Sultana got a life after suffering a stumping due to a bizarre incident.

Bangladesh Women and West Indies Women met in the crucial Group B match of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 at Sharjah. West Indies Women chose to field first after winning the toss. 

During the first batting, Bangladesh Women got a steady start. Sobhana Mostary and the skipper Nigar Sultana were building a good partnership to move the scoreboard confidently. 

During the 12th over of the innings, West Indies Women had a great chance to end that partnership. But one mistake cost the Caribbean team.

Keeper Shemaine Campbelle made a costly mistake

On the fifth ball of the 12th over, Nigar Sultana danced down the track to face Ashmini Munisar’s outside off stump good length ball. While Sultana missed that delivery, wicketkeeper Shemaine Campbelle stumped her timely. The leg umpire went to the third umpire, where Sultana’s right foot was seen on the line. 

It was a comfortable decision to give an out, but Campbelle’s unknowingly mistake cost the Caribbean team. To grab that ball, Campbelle’s gloves moved to the front of the wicket as it was ultimately called a no-ball. It would be 65/3 in the Bangladesh scorecard, but it ultimately recorded 66/2. 

 

 

 

 

 

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With that no-ball, the third-wicket partnership moved to 33 runs. On the next delivery, Sultana hit a four on the free hit. 

Karishma Ramharack picked up four wickets

In the next over, that third-wicket partnership was broken by Karishma Ramharack after adding 40 runs. This time Campbelle managed a successful stumping. It was Ramharack’s third wicket in that match, as she earlier dismissed both the Bangladesh openers. 

That dismissal worked well for the Caribbean team as Bangladesh struggled to score quickly after that. Skipper Sultana scored 39 runs, while Mostary scored 16 runs. Opener Dilara Akter (19) and Ritu Moni (10) were the other Bangladesh batters to reach double-digit scores in that innings.

Bangladesh Women scored 103/8 in 20 overs. Karishma Ramharack ended with the bowling figures of 4-0-17-4. These were the fifth-best bowling figures by a West Indies bowler in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup history. Also, Afy Fletcher (2/25) bagged two wickets, and Hayley Mathews (1/19) took one wicket in that innings.