Women's Asia Cup 2024
Years of sacrifice pay off for Sri Lanka with Women's T20 Asia Cup win
"We sacrificed a lot for the last 10-15 years. Finally we won this award, this trophy," said player of the series Athapaththu.
Asia Cup 2024 / Can Bangladesh women’s cricket team rise from the ashes of the crushing semifinal defeat?
Bangladesh faced India in the semifinal of this year’s Asia Cup looking to recreate magic and failed by a large margin.
‘There is every possibility of bigger humiliations’
Bangladesh’s lacklustre Women’s Asia Cup mission ended on Friday with a humiliating 10-wicket defeat to India in the semifinal, a drubbing that could be the precursor to more such embarrassments in the forthcoming ICC Women’s T20 World Cup at home.
Tigresses ‘couldn’t understand what they wanted’
Familiar batting woes returned for Bangladesh in a disheartening 10-wicket loss in the 2024 Women’s Asia Cup semifinal against India in Dambulla yesterday, with skipper Nigar Sultana Joty mentioning that she had no clue about what they wanted to achieve in a shambolic batting effort.
A litmus test awaits Tigresses
Bangladesh women’s side are set to take on in-form India in the semifinals of the 2024 T20 Asia Cup in Dambulla today. Despite making the semis with two back-to-back wins over Thailand and Malaysia, concerns over the batting unit are far from being removed with India bowlers expected to provide a steeper challenge.
We will give our best against India in semifinal: Nahida
“A semifinal is always a pressure game. If you lose this, you are out of the tournament… Of course, if we can beat a strong team like India right before a World Cup, it will give our team a lot of confidence,” said Nahida
Murshida leads ‘attack from the beginning’ mindset
For a while, Murshida Khatun had been on and off from the lineup of the Bangladesh women’s cricket team. Even in Bangladesh’s crucial Asia Cup opener against Sri Lanka, Murshida’s name was missing from the lineup. However, she staked her claim as a resurgent opener this Asia Cup in their thumping 114-run win against Malaysia in Dambulla yesterday as Bangladesh ensured semifinal clash against India.
Tigresses move into Asia Cup semis
Bangladesh all but confirmed their semifinal spot in the ongoing Women’s Asia Cup with a 114-run win against Malaysia in their last Group B match at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium in Dambulla on Wednesday.
Tigresses eye ‘A’ game against Malaysia
The Tigresses have played two matches so far in the ongoing meet but their performances were not convincing in either games.
Jahanara returns as BCB announces Women’s Asia Cup squad
Seamer Jahanara Alam and leg-spinner Rumana Ahmed made a return to the side as the Bangladesh Cricket Board announced a 15-member squad on Sunday for the upcoming Women’s Asia Cup, starting on July 19 in Sri Lanka.
Bangladesh, Sri Lanka to meet in Asia Cup
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka were pitted in the same group as the groupings and fixtures of the Women’s T20I Asia Cup was announced by the Asian Cricket Council on Tuesday.