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Featuring successful conscionable its 2nd ICC Women’s ODI World Cup, Bangladesh volition anticipation to amended connected its seventh spot successful the 2022 chapter.
Compared to teams similar India, Australia and England, which person played adjacent to 40 ODIs successful this World Cup cycle, Bangladesh has featured lone successful 29 games, winning conscionable 10 of them. A lone 3-0 whitewash of Ireland stands retired successful a play wherever Bangladesh has failed to triumph immoderate different bilateral series.
While skipper Nigar Sultana Joty is the beforehand and centre of this batting lineup, Bangladesh has besides seen heartening contributions from Fargana Hoque (867 runs) and Sharmin Akter (614 runs). Sharmin and Nigar finished among the apical run-getters astatine the World Cup Qualifiers, wherever the broadside finished 2nd to suffice with Pakistan. With nary different batter averaging implicit 30 since past year, the outfit indispensable find a mode to physique partnerships and steer wide of depending connected idiosyncratic flashes of brilliance arsenic it navigates the quadrennial showpiece.
Bangladesh has a coagulated and divers rotation arsenal successful Nahida Akter, Fahima Khatun and Rabeya Khan. However, the 1 to ticker volition beryllium the left-arm rotation of Shanjida Akther Maghla. If she tin bring her T20I signifier (18 wickets from 20 matches) to the 50-over format, Bangladesh could springiness opponents a tally for their money.
Impact player
Bangladesh has been incapable to shed its reliance connected skipper Nigar Sultana Joty. With 798 runs, she is the team’s second-highest tally scorer since 2022. Few others person her composure and perseverance erstwhile the going gets tough. Her added inferior down the stumps makes her 1 of the pillars of the side.
While there’s plentifulness of acquisition successful this side, its religion successful youngsters similar 17-year-old off-spinner Nishita Akter Nishi and 19-year-old batter Sumaiya Akter — talents from the U19 World Cup squad – is encouraging.
Having past played an ODI successful April this year, Bangladesh volition anticipation to shingle disconnected immoderate ringing rust quickly. Its run kicks disconnected against Pakistan, the precise broadside it bushed to registry its maiden and sole World Cup win.
The squad: Nigar Sultana Joty (c), Nahida Akter, Fargana Hoque, Rubya Haider Jhelik, Sharmin Akter Supta, Sobhana Mostary, Ritu Moni, Shorna Akter, Fahima Khatun, Rabeya Khan, Marufa Akter, Fariha Islam Trisna, Shanjida Akther Maghla, Nishita Akter Nishi, Sumaiya Akter.
Bangladesh’s fixtures: Oct. 2: Pakistan (Colombo); Oct. 7: England (Guwahati); Oct. 10: New Zealand (Guwahati); Oct. 13: South Africa (Visakhapatnam); Oct. 16: Australia (Visakhapatnam); Oct. 20: Sri Lanka (Navi Mumbai); Oct. 26: India (Navi Mumbai).
