In 2014, Bangladesh girls got the opportunity to play on the World Cup stage for the first time. The red-green jersey holders could not pass the group stage even though they started with a win in their own field. Bangladesh’s situation in the next four World Cups is even worse. Couldn’t win a single match. Another World Cup at home. Earlier, Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana Jyoti expressed hope to change the past failures. Although the tension is working before the World Cup at home.
The Women’s World Cup trophy was unveiled and the schedule announced at a five-star hotel in Dhaka on Sunday. Bangladesh has been placed in ‘B’ group in the upcoming World Cup. In this group, Niger’s opponents are England, South Africa, West Indies and teams from Qualifier 2. The matches of this group will be held in Dhaka.
Bangladesh will face the team that played the qualifiers on the opening day of the World Cup on October 3. Then on October 5 will play against the mighty England. Bangladesh will play against Windies on October 9. And in the last match of the group on October 12, Bangladesh’s opponent is South Africa. The Bangladesh team is desperate to forget the failures of the previous seasons. “I think the attack that we have… the last World Cups we’ve played, apart from 2014, I don’t think we’ve won a match,” said captain Nigger. So our focus will be first, that we can win the match. If we all give our best, we can make the World Cup colorful in Bangladesh.’
Despite the hope, the current performance of Bangladesh is very disappointing. After losing all the matches against Australia, the hosts lost all three matches of the 5-match T20I series against India. Jyoti reminded that, ‘There will be spectators at home. Everyone wants us to do well. And we are going through a bit of a tough time right now. So there may be many doubts. However, I will say that this team is preparing a lot. With the time we have, if we can prepare, perform a little better, then it is possible to do well in the World Cup.’
Noting that the entire team is looking forward to playing in the World Cup, the Bangladesh captain said, ‘First look, but not sure yet… as 4 months are still left. I don’t even know if I can play. If I am healthy, God willing, if there is no problem, then maybe (I will play). What I want to say is that every cricketer has a dream to play the World Cup in his country. Everyone plays, but very few cricketers can play (World Cup in their home country). I would say that most of the people who are in the team now will probably play from here (in the World Cup). They are very fortunate to represent their country in a major tournament on the soil of Bangladesh. Rather than thrill, I would say that tension is also working.’
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