Bangladesh women's national cricket team

The Bangladesh women's national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Bangladesh in international women's cricket matches. They made their international debut when they played, and won, two matches against Thailand in July 2007[8] before participating in and winning the 2007 ACC Women's Tournament.[9] Bangladesh were granted One-Day International (ODI) status in 2011 after finishing fifth in the 2011 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier. They played subsequently qualified for the 2014 ICC Women's World Twenty20, making their first appearance at a top-level women's international tournament.They are the current champion of ACC Women's Asia Cup.

Bangladesh

Flag of Bangladesh
Nickname(s)	Lady Tigers, Tigresses[1]
Association	Bangladesh Cricket Board
Personnel
One Day captain	Rumana Ahmed
T20I captain	Salma Khatun
Coach	Mark Robinson
International Cricket Council
ICC status	Associate member (1977) Full member (2000)
ICC region	Asia
ICC Rankings Current[2] Best-ever WODI 8th 8th WT20I 9th 8th (02-Oct-2020)[3]
Women's One Day Internationals
First WODI	v  Ireland at Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan No 2 Ground, Dhaka; 26 November 2011
Last WODI	v  Pakistan at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore; 4 November 2019
WODIs Played Won/Lost Total[4] 38 9/27 (0 ties, 2 no result) This year[5] 0 0/0 (0 ties, 0 no result)
Women's World Cup Qualifier appearances	2 (first in 2011)
Best result	5th (2011, 2017)
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20I	v  Ireland at Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, Dublin; 28 August 2012
Last WT20I	v  Sri Lanka at Junction Oval, Melbourne; 2 March 2020
WT20Is Played Won/Lost Total[6] 75 27/48 (0 ties, 0 no result) This year[7] 0 0/0 (0 ties, 0 no result)
Women's T20 World Cup appearances	4 (first in 2014)
Best result	1st round (2014, 2016, 2018, 2020)
Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances	3 (first in 2015)
Best result	Champions (2018, 2019)
As of 7 January 2021

Tournament history

ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier

• 2015: Runners-up (Q)
• 2018, 2019: Champions (Q)

ICC Women's World Twenty20

• 2014: First Round
• 2016: First Round
• 2018: First Round

ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier

• 2011: 5th
• 2017: 5th
• 2020:(Q)

Bold means host of the tournament

ACC Women's Asia Cup

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2004	Did not participate
2005–06
2006
2008	Group stage	4/4	6	1	5	0	0
2012	Semi-finals	3/8	4	3	1	0	0
2016	Group stage	4/6	5	3	3	0	0
2018	Champions	1/6	6	5	1	0	0
2020	TBC	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			21	12	10	0	0

Bangladesh Women's National Cricket Team has been the only team (other than India) to have won an Asia Cup Title.

Asia Cup 2018 winner team with trophy

ACC Women's Tournament

• 2007: Champions

Asian Games

• 2010: Silver
• 2014: Silver

South Asian Games

• 2019: Gold

One-day status

On 24 November 2011, Bangladesh was granted the one-day status after defeating USA by 9 wickets in the 2011 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier. This win against USA guaranteed that Bangladesh would finish in the top 6 in the tournament and thus be ranked in the top 10 globally, which is the requirement for attaining one-day status.[10]

Current squad

The Bangladesh squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup was as follows:

• Salma Khatun (c)
• Rumana Ahmed (vc)
• Nahida Akter
• Jahanara Alam
• Panna Ghosh
• Fargana Hoque
• Sanjida Islam
• Fahima Khatun
• Murshida Khatun
• Ritu Moni
• Sobhana Mostary
• Ayasha Rahman
• Nigar Sultana
• Shamima Sultana
• Khadija Tul Kubra

Former players

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Bangladesh Women[11][12]

As of 2 March 2020

Playing record
Format	M	W	L	T	NR	Winning Percentage	Inaugural match
One-Day Internationals	38	9	27	0	2	25.00	26 November 2011
Twenty20 Internationals	75	27	48	0	0	36.00	28 August 2012

Women's One-Day Internationals

• Highest team total: 211/9 v. Pakistan on 4 November 2019 at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.[13]
• Highest individual innings: 75*, Salma Khatun v. India on 8 April 2013 at Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad.[14]
• Best innings bowling: 6/20, Khadija Tul Kubra v. Pakistan on 8 October 2018 at Sheikh Kamal International Stadium, Cox's Bazar.[15]

Most ODI runs for Bangladesh Women[16] Player Runs Average Career span Rumana Ahmed 827 24.32 2011–2019 Fargana Hoque 732 21.52 2011–2019 Salma Khatun 379 13.06 2011–2019 Nigar Sultana 360 24.00 2015–2019 Lata Mondal 333 16.65 2011–2018

Most ODI wickets for Bangladesh Women[17] Player Wickets Average Career span Khadija Tul Kubra 42 19.52 2011–2018 Rumana Ahmed 42 24.64 2011–2019 Salma Khatun 35 24.85 2011–2019 Jahanara Alam 33 31.06 2011–2019 Panna Ghosh 15 43.00 2011–2019

Highest individual innings in Women's ODI[18] Player Score Opposition Venue Match Date Salma Khatun 75*  India Ahmedabad 8 April 2013 Rumana Ahmed 75  India Ahmedabad 10 April 2013 Sharmin Akhter 74  South Africa Cox's Bazar 14 January 2017 Rumana Ahmed 74  South Africa Bloemfontein 14 May 2018 Ayasha Rahman 70  South Africa Centurion 24 September 2013

Best bowling figures in an innings in Women's ODI[19] Player Score Opposition Venue Match Date Khadija Tul Kubra 6/20  Pakistan Cox's Bazar 8 October 2018 Rumana Ahmed 4/20  India Ahmedabad 12 April 2013 Khadija Tul Kubra 4/33  South Africa Cox's Bazar 16 January 2017 Lata Mondal 4/35  Pakistan Cox' Bazar 4 March 2017 Khadija Tul Kubra 4/56  Pakistan Cox's Bazar 14 January 2017

ODI record versus other nations[20][21]

Records complete to Women ODI #1173. As of 4 November 2019.

Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First match	First win
ICC Full members
India	4	0	4	0	0	8 April 2013
Ireland	6	3	1	0	2	26 November 2011	26 November 2011
Pakistan	10	4	6	0	0	20 August 2012	4 March 2014
South Africa	17	2	15	0	0	6 September 2012	6 September 2012
Sri Lanka	1	0	1	0	0	19 February 2017

Women's Twenty20 Internationals

• Highest team total: 255/2 v. Maldives on 5 December 2019 at Pokhara Stadium, Pokhara.[22]
• Highest individual innings: 113*, Nigar Sultana v. Maldives on 5 December 2019 at Pokhara Stadium, Pokhara.[23]
• Best innings bowling: 5/16, Panna Ghosh v. Ireland on 14 July 2018 at Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd, Utrecht.[24]

Most T20I runs for Bangladesh Women.[25] Player Runs Average Career span Fargana Hoque 998 18.48 2012–2020 Nigar Sultana 858 23.18 2015–2020 Rumana Ahmed 746 13.81 2012–2020 Ayasha Rahman 700 13.72 2013–2020 Salma Khatun 531 13.97 2012–2020

Most T20I wickets for Bangladesh Women.[26] Player Wickets Average Career span Salma Khatun 66 17.42 2012–2020 Rumana Ahmed 57 20.05 2012–2020 Jahanara Alam 55 20.70 2012–2020 Nahida Akter 50 13.42 2015–2020 Khadija Tul Kubra 43 18.46 2012–2020

Highest individual innings in Women's T20I[27] Player Score Opposition Venue Match Date Nigar Sultana 113*  Maldives Pokhara 5 December 2019 Fargana Hoque 110*  Maldives Pokhara 5 December 2019 Sanjida Islam 71*  Thailand Dundee 7 September 2019 Fargana Hoque 66*  Ireland Dublin 1 July 2018 Fargana Hoque 52*  India Kuala Lumpur 6 June 2018

Best bowling figures in an innings in Women's T20I[28] Player Score Opposition Venue Match Date Panna Ghosh 5/16  Ireland Utrecht 14 July 2018 Jahanara Alam 5/28  Ireland Dublin 28 June 2018 Salma Khatun 4/6  Sri Lanka Guangzhou 28 October 2012 Fahima Khatun 4/8  United Arab Emirates Utrecht 10 July 2018 Rabeya Khan 4/8    Nepal Pokhara 4 December 2019

T20I record versus other nations[21]

Records complete to WT20I #862. As of 2 March 2020.

Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First match	First win
ICC Full members
Australia	1	0	1	0	0	27 February 2020
England	3	0	3	0	0	28 March 2014
India	12	3	9	0	0	2 April 2013	6 June 2018
Ireland	9	6	3	0	0	28 August 2012	28 August 2012
New Zealand	1	0	1	0	0	29 February 2020
Pakistan	15	1	14	0	0	29 August 2012	4 June 2018
South Africa	10	1	9	0	0	11 September 2012	11 September 2012
Sri Lanka	6	2	4	0	0	28 October 2012	28 October 2012
West Indies	3	0	3	0	0	26 March 2014
ICC Associate members
Malaysia	1	1	0	0	0	9 June 2018	9 June 2018
Maldives	1	1	0	0	0	5 December 2019	5 December 2019
Nepal	1	1	0	0	0	4 December 2019	4 December 2019
Netherlands	2	2	0	0	0	8 July 2018	8 July 2018
Papua New Guinea	2	2	0	0	0	7 July 2018	7 July 2018
Scotland	2	2	0	0	0	12 July 2018	12 July 2018
Thailand	4	4	0	0	0	7 June 2018	7 June 2018
United Arab Emirates	1	1	0	0	0	10 July 2018	10 July 2018
United States	1	1	0	0	0	1 September 2019	1 September 2019

Coaching staff

• Head Coach:Mark Robinson[29]
• Assistant Coach: Faisal Hossain[30]
• Chief selector: Manjurul Islam[31]
• Physiotherapist: Vacant

See also

• List of Bangladesh women ODI cricketers
• List of Bangladesh women Twenty20 International cricketers
• Bangladesh national cricket team

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