Certain life stories, however, remain beyond the scope of films or novels. Such one story revolves around Marufa.  

Growing up in rural Bangladesh, Marufa had to fight for the opportunity to play cricket, and then moving to the Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan, the national sports institute, she began to believe. 

The Bangladesh v Australia match will get underway at 11:00pm and will be telecast live on GTV and Star Sports Network.

Bangladesh produced a clinical display to stun defending champions Australia in a seven-wicket win in their opening fixture of the ICC Women's U-19 T20 World Cup at Willowmoore Park, Benoni on Saturday.

Marufa Akter, the new face of Bangladesh women's cricket team, appears to be a star in the making.