Sanjida Islam

Bangladesh woman cricketer Sanjida Islam has taken social media by storm after posting her wedding photoshoot on a cricket pitch in a strikingly orange saree with proper 'maang tika', 'chur' (heavy bangles) and ornaments made of flowers. Sanjida recently got married to Mim Mosaddeak, a first-class cricketer from Rangpur. Sanjida made her international debut in August 2012.

Bangladesh on Thursday booked a berth for the Women's T20 World Cup to be held in Australia next year after reaching the final of the qualifying tournament with a four-wicket win over Ireland.

Riding high on a hat-trick of wins in the warm-up games, England will be looking to open their campaign in the ICC Women's World Twenty20 on a high when they take on Bangladesh on Thursday.

Shashikala Siriwardena produced the perfect swansong to her international career by taking four wickets in Sri Lanka's ICC Women's T20 World Cup victory over Bangladesh here on Monday.

India will look to continue their rich vein of form when they take on Bangladesh in their opening encounter of the Women's World Twenty20 on Tuesday.

Radha Yadav (3/24) ran through Bangladesh's top-order after Richa Ghosh's quickfire unbeaten 28 off 17 balls, setting up India's 21–run win in the fifth T20I and a 5-0 series sweep in Sylhet on Thursday.

Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney hit attacking half-centuries in a dominating 151-run opening stand as Australia hammered Bangladesh by 86 runs in their ICC Women's T20 World Cup match, here on Thursday.

Spinner Poonam Yadav claimed three wickets as India defeated Bangladesh by 18 runs in a Group A match of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup on Monday. Invited to bat, India posted a competitive 142 for 6 and then returned to restrict Bangladesh to 124 for 8 to notch up their second successive win in the showpiece event.

India's Jemimah Rodrigues on Thursday jumped to the fourth position in the batting chart, while slow left-arm spinner Radha Yadav is placed second among bowlers in the latest ICC Women's T20I Player Rankings.

Families of political prisoners secretly jailed in Bangladesh under the autocratic rule of ousted premier Sheikh Hasina waited desperately Tuesday for news of their relatives, as some of those missing were released.that at least 20 families gathered outside a military intelligence force building in a northern Dhaka neighbourhood, waiting for news of their relatives.

Their confidence on a high after the impressive win over title holders Australia, India will look to carry forward the momentum against a plucky Bangladesh in their second Group A match of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup here on Monday.

Mithali Raj will be leading the Indian women's cricket team in the ICC World Cup qualifier scheduled to be held in Colombo from February 7-21.

Follow all the live score updates from the Women's Asia Cup T20 Final between India and Bangladesh at Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur on the Times of India.