The Bangladesh women's cricket team has been practicing continuously at Sher-E-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Mirpur for a few days ahead of the series against the Ireland women's team. Bangladesh also has another challenge in this home series. The Women's World Cup is ahead. The series against Ireland is part of the Women's Championship.
Bangladesh will have to win six consecutive matches to get a direct place in the next Women's ODI World Cup. However, captain Nigar Sultan Joty is not thinking about these before the Ireland series. She said that for now, their focus is on the series.
Joty said, “The thought of the World Cup is far behind! Now we should focus on match-by-match. We have two bilateral series in our hands including this one.
Taking points is important. If we think about the series, that will be good. So the focus will be more on taking these points.”
“West Indies are definitely challenging. If we can finish a good series from here, it will definitely keep us mentally ahead in the next series as a team. The important thing is to start. If we get a good start, this team can do well.”
Joty does not see much of a challenge against Ireland women on their own soil, 'All the matches that Ireland has won have been won in home conditions. They do not have much experience playing matches in these conditions.
The winning rate is very low. The more times we have played against them, the higher our winning rate. Since playing at home, anyone is stronger in their own home conditions.
If you look at the recent series, we have played well except for Australia. But their record is on their own ground.'
'But about this... I will say that there is no opportunity to take the opponent lightly. Since we have to take 6 points, it is a very important series.
Every match is valuable. We will try to play with strength. Ireland is lower in the rankings than us. If we cannot play with strength against them, then how will we face the big teams?'
