A good start to the World Cup qualifiers and the women's cricket team

The Dhaka Times Desk Bangladesh women's cricket team defeated Ireland in the first match of women's T20 World Cup qualifiers. Nigar Sultana-Salma Khatun got off to a good start in the World Cup.

Bangladesh women's cricket team won by 14 runs in the 'A' group match at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi yesterday (September 18).

Batting first, Bangladesh made a challenging score of 143 runs in a great fifty by captain Nigar Sultana. Later, Salama Khatun and Nahida Akhtar restricted Ireland to 129 runs with great bowling.

The start of Bangladesh was great, opener Murshida Khatun returned with 15 runs from 16 balls, but captain Nigar Sultana formed a big pair for the second wicket with opener Sharmin Sultana.

These two scored 58 runs for the second wicket. Sharmin Sultana scored 48 runs from 40 balls with the help of 7 fours to lead the team back to 90 runs. But Nigar Sultana got out at the very end of the innings.

And in the last over, Nigar went back with a catch trying to hit Kelly for two fours in the last ball. Before returning, the Bangladesh captain scored 67 runs in 53 balls with 10 4s and 1 6. Finally, after 20 overs, Bangladesh women's cricket team scored 143 runs after losing 4 wickets.

After bowling, Bangladesh women's cricket team gave a big shock to the Irish. Salma Khatoor and Sanjida Akhter returned the two batsmen within 5 runs. However, after overcoming the initial shock, Ireland wanted to turn around. But could not.

They lost wickets at regular intervals and were reduced to 129 runs in 19.4 overs. Laura Delaney scored 28 off 30 balls.

Salma Khatun took 3 wickets at the cost of 19 runs in 4 overs with excellent bowling. Nahida Akhtar and Sanjida Akhtar took two wickets each with 23 and 26 runs.

Bangladesh will face Scotland in their second match on Monday. At the same time, Ireland will play against the United States.

Yesterday's summary score

বাংলাদেশ দল : ২০ ওভারে ১৪৩/৪ (শামিমা ৪৮, মুর্শিদা ১৬, নিগার ৬৭, মুস্তারি ৪, রিতু ৩*; রিচার্ড’সন ৪-০-২০-১, প্রেনডেরগাস্ট ৪-০-৩০-০, পল ২-০-২০-১, কেলি ৪-০-৩০-১, মারে ২-০-১৮-০, ডেল্যানি ৪-০-২৫-১)।

আয়ারল্যান্ড দল : ১৯.৪ ওভারে ১২৯ (হান্টা’র ৩৩, লুইস ০, প্রেনডেরগাস্ট ২, ডেল্যানি ২৮, রিচার্ডসন ৪০, স্টোকেল ১, কাভানাহ ৬, ওয়ালড্রন ৮, কেলি ১, পল ১, মারে ৭*; সালমা ৪-০-২০-৩, মেঘলা ৪-০-২৬-২, নাহিদা ৩.৪-০-২৩-২, সোহেলি ১-০-১০-০, রুমানা ৩-০-২৩-০, রিতু ৪-০-২৬-০)।

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