DHAKA, Sept 28, 2022 (BSS) - Bangladesh women's cricket team reached
Sylhet today to play the T20 Asia Cup, a continental tournament in which they
are the defending champions.
After almost four years, the women's Asia Cup cricket competition is
back. The tournament was supposed to be held in 2020 but the outbreak of the
Covid-19 hampered the progress.
A total of seven Asian countries will participate in this tournament
starting from October 1.
The Bangladesh team arrived in Sylhet on a Bangladesh Biman flight at 9
am today. Then after 12 noon UAE and Malaysia women cricketers landed at
Sylhet.
Sri Lanka, Thailand and Pakistan will step in Sylhet at the same day, an
official of the tournament said.
The entire tournament will be played at Sylhet International Cricket
Stadium. Media in-charge of the stadium Farhad Qureshi said that the
authorities have completed all the preparations including the renovation work
to host the Asia Cup.
According to him, the grounds are fully prepared to host the matches.
Tickets are not needed to watch the matches of this tournament, after a long
time everyone will get a chance to sit and watch the game in the stadium.
In addition to the main ground of the cricket stadium, international
matches will be held in the outer stadium for the first time.
Nine out of 24 matches will be played at Ground-2 of Sylhet
International Cricket Stadium. The remaining 15 matches will be played at the
main venue.
Each team will get a chance to play six matches in round robin system.
From there, the top four teams in the table will play the semi-finals. The
two semi-finals will be held on October 13. The title deciding match will be
held on October 15.
Bangladesh team will practice at ground-2 tomorrow at 11 am. The hosts
will play the opening match against Thailand on October 1, the day when the
tournament will roll onto the ground.