প্রকাশ: 30/09/2022
The
Bangladesh Women's Cricket team vowed to make a winning start in a bid to
defend the Asia Cup title as they take on Thailand Saturday at Sylhet
International Cricket Stadium Ground- 2.
The
match starts at 9 AM. spectators will enjoy a free entrance to the stadium.
The
tournament was supposed to be held in 2020 but the outbreak of the Covid-19
hampered the progress. A total of seven Asian countries are participating in
this tournament this time.
The
Tigresses who won the Asia Cup in 2018 for the first time, beating mighty India
in last ball thriller in Malaysia knew that the tag of defending champions is
itself a reassure.
But
they are keen to defend the title as theconfidence stemmed from being unbeaten
champions in T20 Qualifiers a few days back.
Bangladesh
in fact became hat-trick champions in T20 Qualifiers of late, beating Ireland
in the final.
The
Tigresses will be further boosted by pacer Jahanara Alam who missed the Qualifiers
due to injury. Also Fargana Hoque Pinky returned to the fold after0 recovering
from Covid-19.
Tigresses
captain Nigar Sultana Joty said they now want to focus solely on Asia Cup.
"Since
we'll be playing at home, we indeed feel no pressure and put ourselves ahead. I
think the biggest motivation is that we have qualified for the World Cup, which
is motivating the whole team," Joty said here today.
Like
the other time, India who had recently won their first bilateral series on
England soil will be Bangladesh's main contender. But Joty said all of the participating
teams improved their game a lot so there's no point to think just one team as
the main contender.
"Every
team here is strong enough and they actually are playing really well cricket.
We have to give everyone equal importance and play well against all of
them."
"But
we are confident of retaining the title because we are playing at home and the
team is in a good stead."
All
the matches of the tournament will be held in Sylhet. 9 out of 24 matches will
be played at Outer Cricket Stadium in Sylhet. The remaining 15 matches will be played
at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium. The seven participating teams will
face each other in the T20 format tournament. The curtain will come down on
October 15 with the finals of the Women's Asia Cup.
Bangladesh
women's team did not lose a single match in the T2o World Cup Qualifiers.
Therefore, Joty thinks that there is no better preparation for the Asia Cup.
"I
would say it was the best preparation for us, because there is no better preparation
than playing match. Since we have been playing in this format, it will help us
a lot in the Asia Cup. We are playing together and we got team combination
right in the Asia Cup, if we can play as a team, I think there will be a good
result in the Asia Cup."
Squad:
Nigar Sultana Joty (Captain), Shamima Sultana, Fargana Hoque Pinky, Rumana
Ahmed, Mst Ritu Moni, Lata Mondol, Salma Khatun, Sobhana Mostary, Nahida Akter,
Murshida Khatun, Jahanara Alam, Fahima Khatun, Mst Shanjida Akther Maghla, Mst
Fariha Islam Trisna, Shohaly Akter
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