Sports Desk: Bangladesh will host the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup this year. The September-October tournament will be the ninth edition of the Women’s T20 World Cup. Earlier, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) organized the Women’s T20 World Cup. That was in 2014. After a decade, Bangladesh is waiting to host another women’s global competition.
The schedule of this competition of 23 matches with the participation of 10 teams will be announced on Sunday. The ICC will announce this fixture at noon in a hotel in the capital. The Minister of Youth and Sports of the Bangladesh Government and President of the Bangladesh Cricket Board, Nazmul Hasan Papon, and Chief Executive of the ICC, Geoff Allardyce, will be present. Apart from this, India and Bangladesh women’s cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Niger’s Sultana Jyoti will be present.
According to BCB sources, the World Cup of 10 teams will be divided into two groups: Sylhet and Dhaka. Apart from the main field in Sylhet, the game will also be played on the academy field. But before the tournament, the warm-up match will be held at BKSP. Participation in this competition is going to be a big challenge for Bangladesh. Hosting the World Cup at home. Expectations are so great.
In 2014, Bangladesh’s journey to the T20 World Cup began. Bangladesh shocked Sri Lanka in the first match. However, it was not possible to reach the second round. After that, Bangladesh played sixteen matches in four seasons but could not win any matches. Despite qualifying to play in the World Cup, the representatives of red and green could not do well in the main stage. Let’s see how it does at home.
