The 24-year-old left-arm spinner played a vital role in helping the Tigresses clinch one of the two World Cup spots, taking six wickets across the six-team tournament.

Bangladesh will go up against Hayley Matthews’ West Indies on 17th April next at the tournament.

Her rise leads a positive trend for Bangladesh, whose players are beginning to make their presence felt in the global standings.

Bangladesh skipper Nigar Sultana Joty smashed the fastest century by a Bangladeshi in Women’s ODI cricket, powering the Tigresses to a record total of 271 for three in their ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier opener against Thailand in Lahore today.

The ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 Qualifier begins on April 9 in Pakistan.

Led by captain Nigar Sultana Joty, the 15-member squad are gearing up for a do-or-die battle against West Indies, Ireland, Thailand, Scotland, and hosts Pakistan.

Bangladesh's innings was headlined by Sadia Akter's explosive 31 off 25 balls, including three sixes. Support came through Afia Ashima Era and Mst Sumaiya, with a crucial 49-run partnership proving decisive in the shortened game.

Showcasing a spirited display, Nigar Sultana Joty’s team put aside all the pre-series fears.

While Ireland had recently beat England and Sri Lanka, the hosts are winless this year and last played a 50-over match in March.

For the first time, BCB has been able to secure a deal for title sponsorship and ground rights for a home women’s series.

Thursday’s crunch game between West Indies and Bangladesh had a big impact on the qualification permutations at the Women’s T20 World Cup.

The momentum for women's cricket in Bangladesh would have had a far bigger boost had they been staging the event as planned.

The second match of the series will take place at the same venue on Friday.

The veteran fast bowler returned to the national setup after a year-long gap.

“We are always coming up with a plan but sometimes can’t execute in the middle and that’s the reason,” Bangladesh spin bowling coach Dinuka Hettiarachchi clarified why the Tigresses failed in this series.

The series will be contested at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium.

Bangladesh batters are finding scoring runs difficult in chase of a challenging 214-run target against Australia in the first of the three Women's One-Day Internationals at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today.

Speaking ahead of the upcoming ODI series against Bangladesh, Australia women's team captain Healy believed that the lessons learned in the recently concluded Women's Premier League (WPL) in India would benefit her side in Bangladesh.

“I think that title helped us get the attention of the people in Bangladesh and others. So, after that I think a revolution began,” said Joty

Fargana has now contributed to three of four hundreds by a Bangladesh woman across ODI and T20I formats.