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The Bangladesh women's national cricket team is the team that represents the country of
Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...
in international
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matches. They made their international debut when they played, and won, two matches against
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in July 2007 before participating in and winning the 2007 ACC Women's Tournament. Bangladesh were granted
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(ODI) status in 2011 after finishing fifth in the
2011 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier The 2011 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier was a ten-team tournament held in Bangladesh from 14 to 26 November 2011 to decide the final four qualifiers for the 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup. Additionally, the top two teams, excluding Sri Lank ...
. They subsequently qualified for the 2014 ICC Women's World Twenty20 as hosts, making their first appearance at a top-level women's international tournament. They have also won the 2018 edition of ACC Women's Asia Cup. This was the only instance in ACC Women's Asia Cup where any team other than India won the tournament. However, they finished fifth in the next edition (2022 edition) of Women's Asia Cup, but has since went on to become one of the most competitive women's cricket teams in Asia. The team made its first World Cup appearance at the
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, and has participated in every edition of the World Twenty20 since making its debut at the 2014 edition. On 24 November 2011, Bangladesh women's team was granted ODI status after defeating USA by 9 wickets in the
2011 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier The 2011 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier was a ten-team tournament held in Bangladesh from 14 to 26 November 2011 to decide the final four qualifiers for the 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup. Additionally, the top two teams, excluding Sri Lank ...
. 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 was the requirement for attaining ODI status. In April 2021, the ICC awarded permanent
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and
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(ODI) status to all full member women's teams.


History


2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup

At the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup in Malaysia, Bangladesh qualified for the final by winning 4 of their 5 matches, before beating India in the final, thus becoming the first team other than India to win an Asia Cup Title.


2022 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup

Bangladesh made their debut at the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup in 2022, qualifying on the basis of their WODI ranking after the qualifying tournament was abandoned during the group stage, with Bangladesh having a 2–1 record at the point of abandonment, with wins over Pakistan and the US, and a loss to Thailand. They would go on to finish 7th with a 1–6 record, with a win over Pakistan. As a result of their qualification for the World Cup, they also qualified for the 2022–2025 ICC Women's Championship.


2022 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup

Bangladesh hosted the Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup in 2022, finishing 5th place with 2 wins, 3 losses, and 1 no-result from 6 matches.


2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup

Bangladesh qualified for the
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by winning the qualifying tournament in 2022. Drawn in group A, the team lost all 4 of their matches.


2024 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup

Bangladesh automatically qualified for the 2024 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup as a full-member, and reached the semifinals.


2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup

Bangladesh had originally been slated to host the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup and therefore automatically qualified; however, political unrest in Bangladesh caused it to be moved to the
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instead. Bangladesh won their first game in the finals since they last hosted the tournament in
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, beating
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, but was otherwise eliminated in the group stage.


2025 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup

Bangladesh qualified for 2025 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup after finishing 2nd with a 3–2 record, ahead of the
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on net run rate at the qualifying tournament.


Current squad

This lists all the players who have played for Bangladesh in past 12 months, or were named in the most recent ODI or T20I squad. Uncapped players are listed in ''italics'' ''Updated as of 16 April 2024.''


Former players


Coaching staff


Tournament history


ICC Women's ODI World Cup


ICC Women's World T20


Cricket at Summer Olympics Games


ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy


ACC Women's Asia Cup


Asian Games


South Asian Games


ACC Women's Tournament


ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier


ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier


Honours


ACC

* Women's Asia Cup: ** Champions (1):
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** Silver Medal (2):
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** Bronze Medal (1):
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** Gold Medal (1):
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Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Bangladesh Women ''As of 19 April 2025''


Women's One-Day Internationals

*Highest team total: 250/3 v.
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on 16 December 2023 at Buffalo Park,
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. *Highest individual innings: 107, Fargana Hoque v.
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on 22 July 2023 at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur. *Best innings bowling: 6/20, Khadija Tul Kubra v.
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on 8 October 2018 at Sheikh Kamal International Stadium,
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. Most ODI runs for Bangladesh Women Most ODI wickets for Bangladesh Women Highest individual innings in Women's ODI Best bowling figures in an innings in Women's ODI ODI record versus other nations ''Records complete to WODI #1455. Last updated 19 April 2025.''


Women's Twenty20 Internationals

*Highest team total: 255/2 v.
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on 5 December 2019 at Pokhara Stadium,
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. *Highest individual innings: 113 *, Nigar Sultana v.
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on 5 December 2019 at Pokhara Stadium,
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. *Best innings bowling: 5/12, Nahida Akter v.
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on 19 January 2022 at Kinrara Academy Oval,
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. Most T20I runs for Bangladesh Women Most T20I wickets for Bangladesh Women Highest individual innings in Women's T20I Best bowling figures in an innings in Women's T20I T20I record versus other nations ''Records complete to WT20I #2716. Last updated 31 January 2025.''


See also

* List of Bangladesh women ODI cricketers * List of Bangladesh women Twenty20 International cricketers *
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References


Further reading

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External links

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