familiar image of the rain in Bangladesh cricket team matches. Boys' cricket, girls' cricket—regardless of the match, the rain always hits. This time, the opening match of Bangladesh-Sri Lanka women's 'A' team's bilateral series was washed away by rain.
Bangladesh-Sri Lanka women's match washed away in the rain
A familiar image of the rain in Bangladesh cricket team matches. Boys' cricket, girls' cricket—regardless of the match, the rain always hits. This time, the opening match of Bangladesh-Sri Lanka women's 'A' team's bilateral series was washed away by rain.
Bangladesh-Sri Lanka Women's 'A' team's first ODI was scheduled to start at 11 am Bangladesh time today at Panagoda Army Ground. But the game was far away, the rain did not allow the match to be tossed. It took about three hours for the outfield to be fixed. The match was eventually abandoned due to a wet outfield.
Even though it is an 'A' team match, the number of Bangladesh national team cricketers is more. Cricketers like Nigar Sultana Jyoti, Rabeya Khan, Murshida Khatun, Nahida Akhtar, Swarna Akhtar are in the 'A' team series against Sri Lanka. Here Jyoti will play under Rabeya. This is Bangladesh's first bilateral series before the Women's T20 World Cup.
Bangladesh-Sri Lanka Women's 'A' team's second and final ODI match will be played on September 10 at Thurstan, Colombo. The first two T20Is will be held on September 12 and 13 at the P Sara Oval in Colombo. The third match will be held at the Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) ground on September 15. The last two T20s of the series will be played at Thurstan and Colombo Colts on September 17 and 19.
After the tour of Sri Lanka, Jyoti-Marufara will return to the country to play the T20 World Cup again in the United Arab Emirates. Bangladesh will play against Scotland in the opening match of the tournament on October 3. The Bangladesh-Scotland match will be held in Sharjah. Sri Lanka-Pakistan will face each other in the second match of the day in the Women's T20 World Cup at the same ground. The final of the 10-team tournament will be held in Dubai on October 20.
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