While Ireland had recently beat England and Sri Lanka, the hosts are winless this year and last played a 50-over match in March.
For the first time, BCB has been able to secure a deal for title sponsorship and ground rights for a home women’s series.
The match once again delivered a similar old story -- evident in the preceding defeats against England, West Indies -- where Bangladesh batters showcased a below-par performance.
Thursday’s crunch game between West Indies and Bangladesh had a big impact on the qualification permutations at the Women’s T20 World Cup.
In a repeat of the 2023 semi-final, England got their revenge with an all-round team display to chase down 125 with four balls remaining.
The momentum for women's cricket in Bangladesh would have had a far bigger boost had they been staging the event as planned.
The 23-match event will feature the top 10 teams, split into two groups of five, competing across two venues: the Dubai International Stadium and the iconic Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
The emergence of players like Taj and Disha just before the mega event has come at the expense of veterans in Rumana Ahmed and Salma Khatun.
The visitors have continued to field a starting eleven totally resembling their national team, treating the series as a tune-up for next month’s T20 World Cup -- scheduled to begin on October 3 in the UAE.
It was a complete team performance from the Nigar Sultana-led side, which had earlier won the first match by five wickets.
Bangladesh women's team will play the first of the three-match T20I series against Pakistan today at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram, but rain threat looms large on the series.
The Pakistan team will arrive on the 20th and travel to Chattogram on the same day. The visitors would then hold their first practice session on October 23.
India at one point needed 10 runs off 19 deliveries with four wickets in hand but three wickets in the span of five balls turned the match on its head, in favour of the Tigresses.
India comprehensively beat Bangladesh by 108 in the second ODI to level the three-match series 1-1 at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Wednesday.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced equal prize money for men’s and women’s teams at ICC events. The decision was taken at the ICC Annual Conference in Durban, South Africa and ensures the ICC Board fulfilled its commitment to reaching prize money equity by 2030 well ahead of schedule.
Roshan Abeysinghe, a TV & radio commentator from Sri Lanka, faced backlash on social media after he suggested that it is “unpardonable” for a female cricketer to bowl a front-foot no ball.
Bangladesh women's team suffered a convincing seven-wicket defeat against their Sri Lankan counterparts in the second and penultimate T20I of the series in Colombo on Thursday.
Eight teams earn direct qualification while remaining two spots to be identified through a Global Qualifier, said a press release from the ICC.
Despite Bangladesh seeing an exit from the Super Six of the U19 Women's T20 World Cup, middle-order batter Shorna Akter managed to leave an impression with her big hits and match-winning knocks earning a place in the Team of the Tournament.