CHATTOGRAM – Nida Dar-led Pakistan women’s cricket team is all set to take on Bangladesh in their own backyard from Wednesday when both sides meet in the first of the three-T20I series at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram.
The second and third T20Is will be played at the same venue on 27 and 29 October. The T20I series will be followed by three ODIs, which are also part of the ICC Women’s Championship 2022-25. The ODI series will be played at Shere Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on 4, 7 and 10 November.
Both T20I and ODI series will be live-streamed on BCB YouTube channel. The toss for the T20I matches will take place at 1600 local time, while the first ball will be bowled at 1630 local time.
Meanwhile, the matches of the ODI series will begin at 0930 local time, while the toss will take place at 0900 local time.
Pakistan, who occupy the eighth spot in the ICC Women’s T20I rankings are above over ninth positioned Bangladesh.
In 17 T20Is played between both sides, Pakistan women have won 15 T20Is, while Bangladesh have emerged victorious only on two occasions.
Bangladesh’s first win against Pakistan came in an Asia Cup match in 2018, while the hosts’ second win over Pakistan came in the recently held bronze medal match in the Asian Games last month.
In the last bilateral series played between both sides, Pakistan whitewashed Bangladesh 3-0 in Lahore in October 2019.
In the batting department, Pakistan will be relying on former captain Bismah Maroof, as she has scored 379 runs from 13 matches against Bangladesh at an average of 75.80, which includes two half-centuries. Opening batter Sidra Amin, who is currently the leading run-getter in ICC Women’s Championship 2022-25 with 634 runs, has made 113 runs in five T20Is against Bangladesh at an average of 37.66, including one half-century.
All-rounder Nida Dar has contributed 101 runs with the bat, but most importantly, the captain has taken 16 wickets from 14 T20I matches against Bangladesh.
