Prime-order batter Sharmin Sultana returns because the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Monday (August 17) introduced the ladies’s squad for the Girls’s Asia Cup 2026 in Dubai, UAE. The identical squad may also function within the twentieth Asian Video games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.
Sharmin Sultana, who final performed for the nationwide facet in opposition to Sri Lanka in Could 2026, got here into the squad in place Taj Nehar, who featured within the final World Cup.
“We tried Taj however she failed, which prompted us to convey Sharmin,” BCB ladies’s wing chief selector Sazzad Ahmed advised Cricbuzz. “Our different opener Dola ( Dilara Akhter) just isn’t amongst runs and that’s we’re maintaining one other opener within the squad.”
Bangladesh ladies’s squad for Asia Cup and Asian Video games: Nigar Sultana Joty (Captain), Nahida Akter (Vice Captain), Dilara Akter, Juairiya Ferdous, Sharmin Akter Supta, Sharmin Sultana, Sobhana Mostary, Shorna Akter, Ritu Moni, Fahima Khatun, Rabeya Khan, Marufa Akter, Sultana Khatun, Shanjida Akther Maghla, Fariha Islam Trisna.
The Girls’s Asia Cup will get underway on the Dubai Worldwide Stadium on August 28. Bangladesh have been drawn in Group B alongside Indonesia, Sri Lanka and the UAE. Bangladesh will start their Asia Cup marketing campaign in opposition to Indonesia on August 31, earlier than going through Sri Lanka on September 6 and the UAE on September 8. The match last is scheduled for September 13.
Following the Asia Cup, Bangladesh will flip their consideration to the Asian Video games cricket occasion in Aichi-Nagoya. They are going to face China within the first quarter-final at Korogi Athletic Park on September 17.
If Bangladesh progress to the semi-finals, they may face both India or Japan. The winners of the semi-finals will meet within the gold-medal match, whereas the losers will contest the bronze-medal match. Each matches are scheduled for September 22.
