The Bangladesh women's national cricket team represents Bangladesh in international women's cricket matches. They made their international debut when they played, and won, two matches against Thailand in July 2007Thailand lose warm-ups by Andrew Nixon, 8 July 2007 at CricketEurope before participating in and winning the 2007 ACC Women's Tournament.ACC Women's Tournament at official Asian Cricket Council website Bangladesh were granted One-Day International (ODI) status in 2011 after finishing fifth in the 2011 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier. 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 have since gone on to become one of the most competitive women's cricket teams in Asia. The team made its first World Cup appearance at the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup, 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. 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 Test and One Day International (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 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup 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 United Arab Emirates instead. Bangladesh won their first game in the finals since they last hosted the tournament in 2014, beating Scotland, 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 West Indies 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
Name Age Batting style Bowling style Forms Notes Batters Murshida Khatun Left-handed ODI, T20I Fargana Hoque Right-handed ODI, T20I Sobhana Mostary Right-handed Right-arm leg break ODI, T20I Sumaiya Akter Right-handed Right-arm off break ODI, T20I Rubya Haider Left-handed T20I All-rounders Ritu Moni Right-handed Right-arm medium ODI, T20I Shorna Akter Right-handed Right-arm leg break ODI, T20I Wicket-keepers Nigar Sultana Right-handed ODI, T20I Captain Shamima Sultana Right-handed ODI, T20I Dilara Akter Right-handed T20I Farzana Akter Right-handed ODI Spin Bowlers Nahida Akter Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox ODI, T20I Vice-captain Fahima Khatun Right-handed Right-arm leg break ODI, T20I Rabeya Khan Right-handed Right-arm leg break ODI, T20I Sultana Khatun Right-handed Right-arm off break ODI, T20I Shorifa Khatun Right-handed Right-arm off break T20I Nishita Akter Nishi Right-handed Right-arm off break ODI Pace Bowlers Marufa Akter Right-handed Right-arm medium ODI, T20I Fariha Trisna Right-handed Left-arm medium T20I Disha Biswas Right-handed Right-arm medium ODI Habiba Islam Right-handed Right-arm medium T20I
Updated as of 16 April 2024.
Former players
Coaching staff
Position Name Head coach Sorowar Imran Assistant coach Faisal Hossain Chief selector Manjurul Islam Performance analyst Rashed Iqbal
Tournament history ICC Women's Cricket World Cup
record recordHost/Year Result 1973Not eligibleNot an ICC Member 1978 Did not participateDid not participate 1982 1988 1993 1997 2000 2005 2009 2013Did not qualify74300 201773400 2022Group stage7th87160032100 2025Group stage7th87150153200Total0 titles142110122121000
ICC Women's Twenty20 World Cup record recordHost/Year Result 2009Did not qualifyOutside Top 8 in ICC Rankings 2010 2012 2014Group stage9th1052300Qualified directly as hosts 2016Group stage9th104040054100 2018Group stage9th104040055000 2020Group stage10th104040055000 2023Group stage9th104040055000 2024Group stage7th1041300Qualified directly as hosts 2026Group stage8th125230077000Total0 titles30525002726100
ACC Women's Asia Cup recordHost/Year Result 2004Did not participate 2005 2006 2008Group stage4th461500 2012Semi final3rd843100 2016Group stage4th652300 2018Champions1st665100 2022Group stage5th762301 2024Semi final3rd842200Total1 title31151501
Asian Games Asian Games recordHost/Year Result 2010Silver2nd843100 2014Silver2nd1032100 2022Bronze3rd931101 2026QualifiedTotal3 medals106301
South Asian Games South Asian Games recordHost/Year Result 2019Gold1st444000Total1 medal97101
ACC Women's Asia Cup Rising Stars Asia Cup Rising Stars record (as Bangladesh A Team)Period Result 2023Runner up2nd852102 2026Runner up2nd854100Total0 titles106202
Honours
ACC Women's Asia Cup: Champions (1): 2018
Others Asian Games Silver Medal (2): 2010, 2014 Bronze Medal (1): 2022 South Asian Games Gold Medal (1): 2019
Records and statistics
International Match Summary — Bangladesh Women
As of 22 September 2026 Playing record Format M W L T NR Inaugural match One-Day Internationals 87 26 53 2 6 26 November 2011 Twenty20 Internationals 157 59 97 0 1 28 August 2012
Women's One-Day Internationals Highest team total: 276/6 v. Scotland on 15 April 2025 at Lahore City Cricket Association Ground, Lahore. Highest individual innings: 107, Fargana Hoque v. India on 22 July 2023 at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur. Best innings bowling: 6/20, Khadija Tul Kubra v. Pakistan on 8 October 2018 at Sheikh Kamal International Stadium, Cox's Bazar.
Most ODI runs for Bangladesh Women PlayerRunsAverageCareer spanFargana Hoque 1,928 26.77 2011–2025Nigar Sultana 1,474 27.29 2015–2025Sharmin Akhter 1,341 26.82 2011–2025Rumana Ahmed 963 22.92 2011–2022Ritu Moni 604 17.76 2012–2025
Most ODI wickets for Bangladesh Women PlayerWicketsAverageCareer spanNahida Akter 75 23.56 2015–2025Salma Khatun 52 22.69 2011–2022Rumana Ahmed 50 25.46 2011–2022Jahanara Alam 48 30.39 2011–2023Khadija Tul Kubra 42 19.85 2011–2021
ODI record versus other nations
Records complete to WODI #1544. Last updated 25 April 2026.
Opponent M W L T NR First match First win ICC Full members 5 0 5 0 0 25 March 2022 2 0 2 0 0 27 March 2022 9 1 6 1 1 8 April 2013 16 July 2023 10 7 1 0 2 26 November 2011 26 November 2011 5 0 3 0 2 7 March 2022 18 10 8 0 0 20 August 2012 4 March 2014 22 3 19 0 0 6 September 2012 6 September 2012 7 1 5 0 1 19 February 2017 20 April 2026 5 1 4 0 0 18 March 2022 21 January 2025 3 3 0 0 0 10 November 2021 10 November 2021 ICC Associate members 1 1 0 0 0 15 April 2025 15 April 2025 1 1 0 0 0 10 April 2025 10 April 2025
Women's Twenty20 Internationals Highest team total: 255/2 v. Maldives on 5 December 2019 at Pokhara Stadium, Pokhara. Highest individual innings: 113*, Nigar Sultana v. Maldives on 5 December 2019 at Pokhara Stadium, Pokhara. Best innings bowling: 5/12, Nahida Akter v. Kenya on 19 January 2022 at Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur.
Most T20I runs for Bangladesh Women
PlayerRunsAverageCareer spanNigar Sultana 2,336 26.54 2015–2026Fargana Hoque 1,253 18.70 2012–2023Murshida Khatun 947 21.04 2018–2025Sobhana Mostary 885 19.23 2019–2026Rumana Ahmed 866 13.12 2012–2024
Most T20I wickets for Bangladesh Women PlayerWicketsAverageCareer spanNahida Akter 117 17.11 2015–2026Salma Khatun 84 18.57 2012–2023Rumana Ahmed 75 19.01 2012–2024Fahima Khatun 67 22.50 2013–2026Jahanara Alam 60 24.03 2012–2024
T20I record versus other nations
Records complete to WT20I #3025. Last updated 22 September 2026.
Opponent M W L T NR First match First win ICC Full members 6 0 6 0 0 27 February 2020 4 0 4 0 0 28 March 2014 26 3 23 0 0 2 April 2013 6 June 2018 15 9 6 0 0 28 August 2012 28 August 2012 5 0 5 0 0 29 February 2020 22 5 17 0 0 29 August 2012 4 June 2018 16 2 13 0 1 11 September 2012 11 September 2012 17 3 14 0 0 28 October 2012 28 October 2012 7 0 7 0 0 26 March 2014 ICC Associate members 1 1 0 0 0 31 August 2026 31 August 2026 1 1 0 0 0 19 January 2022 19 January 2022 4 4 0 0 0 9 June 2018 9 June 2018 1 1 0 0 0 5 December 2019 5 December 2019 1 1 0 0 0 22 January 2026 22 January 2026 1 1 0 0 0 4 December 2019 4 December 2019 6 5 1 0 0 8 July 2018 8 July 2018 3 3 0 0 0 1 December 2015 1 December 2015 8 7 1 0 0 29 November 2015 29 November 2015 8 8 0 0 0 28 November 2015 28 November 2015 2 2 0 0 0 10 July 2018 10 July 2018 3 3 0 0 0 1 September 2019 1 September 2019
See also List of Bangladesh women ODI cricketers List of Bangladesh women Twenty20 International cricketers Bangladesh national cricket team
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