The BCB Tuesday named a 18-member squad, including four standby players, for the tour of Ireland and the Women’s World T20I Qualifiers, scheduled to be hosted by the Netherlands.
The Bangladesh women’s team will leave here for Ireland Sunday where they will play three T20Is against the home side, before leaving for the Netherlands.
The Ireland T20Is will serve as preparation for the World T20I Qualifiers, slated for July 7-14.
Bangladesh were earlier grouped together with Papua New Guinea, host Netherlands and the UAE when the ICC announced the details of the World T20 Qualifiers last month.
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Group B comprises Ireland, Scotland, Thailand and Uganda.
The top two teams from the Qualifiers will join Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and host West Indies in the tournament finals, scheduled to be held from November 2-25 this year.
Bangladesh will face PNG in their opening game on July 7 before taking on the Dutch and the Emiratis on July 8 and 10 respectively.
The women in red and green will also lock horns with Scotland in a practice match on July 5.
Squad
Salma Khatun (C), Rumana Ahmed, Nigar Sultana, Fargana Haque, Khadija-tul Kubra, Fahima Khatun, Ayasha Rahman, Shamima Sultana, Nahida Akter, Panna Ghosh, Rani Biswas, Sanjida Islam, Sharmin Sultana and Jahanara Alam
Standby
Jannatul Ferdous, Lata Mondal, Murshida Khatun and Syra Azmin
IRELAND TOUR FIXTURE
Date Match Venue
June 28 1st T20I YMCA CC
June 29 2nd T20I Malahide
July 1 3rd T20I Pembroke