The Tigresses got little respite after their frustrating tour of South Africa as they began their preparatory camp in full swing in Sylhet ahead of the ACC Women’s T20 Asia Cup tourney scheduled to be
held on June 3-10 in Malaysia.
As a part of training for Asia Cup, the Tigresses went to Sylhet on Thursday last, just one day after their arrival in Bangladesh from South Africa, to begin their training sessions which will continue till May 30.
The seventh edition of the ACC Women’s Asia Cup, organised by the Asian Cricket Council will be the third edition played as a 20-over tournament.
The six-nation tournament will be contested among Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
Bangladesh will open their tournament campaign taking on Sri Lanka in one of the opening matches of the tournament scheduled to take place at Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur while India will play against host Malaysia at Kinrara Academy Oval.
The eve cricket team will be playing their next match against Pakistan on June 4 at the Kinrara Oval before facing India at the same venue on June 6.
The women’s team will face Thailand on June 7 before clashing against the home side, Malaysia on June 9 at the Kinrara Oval.The top two teams will progress to the final scheduled to be played at the Kinrara Oval on June 10. The Bangladesh eves will depart for tour to Ireland in June before going to Netherlands to play the ICC World T20 Qualifiers in July after their Asia Cup campaign.
After returning Dhaka from Sylhet, the Tigresses will fly for Malaysia on June 1, two days before the onset of the six-nation tournament.
