Bangladesh women’s cricket team returned to Dhaka Wednesday following a four-day travel from Zimbabwe.
The team had travelled to the African country to participate in the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier.
The tournament however, was abandoned midway with the emergence of the latest Covid-19 variant in South Africa and the introduction of travel restrictions from a number of African countries, including the host country Zimbabwe.
The ICC has decided to call off the event, with the qualification slots decided as per team rankings, in keeping with the tournament's playing conditions.
The tournament committee later announced that Bangladesh, Pakistan and the West Indies would progress to the Cricket World Cup in New Zealand based on the international ranking, with Sri Lanka and Ireland occupying the other slots for the 2022-25 cycle of the ICC Women's Championship.
Bangladesh women’s team finally reached Dhaka Wednesday morning on the back of cancellation of scheduled flights and are now in organizational quarantine.
Due to the Covid-19 protocol the cricketers could not be given a grand reception at the airport.
Due to limited flight the team had to travel via Namibia and Oman to Dhaka.
Bangladesh women’s cricket team had a flying start to the competition.
The Tigresses had a winning start, defeating Pakistan, and then picked up victory against USA.
They lost the third game, against Thailand, but were still in a good position to finish in the top three of Group B and qualify for the Super Six phase of the tournament.
The eight-team Women’s Cricket World Cup will be held in New Zealand in March-April 2022.