Agency :
Bangladesh Women’s team, competing in the Women’s World Cup for the first time, won a historic match on Monday against Pakistan in Hamilton. Pakistan were defeated by 9 runs.
Bangladesh skipper Nigar Sultana praised her side’s never-say-die approach.
“I cannot describe this in words because it’s our first-ever win in a World Cup and this is history that we’ve made today here,” Nigar said. “We have played so many matches with Pakistan, so we knew them well. We also beat them in the last over in the Qualifying tournament of the World Cup some months ago. Victory always gives us confidence. We got a good team and we know how to win a match. So we want to build on this success,” she added.
Fahima Khatun who was adjudged man of the match said her only goal was to bowl wicket to wicket in a bid to strangle Pakistani batters. “When I bowled, I was happy to repay the faith the captain and other senior players had placed in me,” Fahima said. “She [Nigar Sultana, the captain] is very involved. When she brought me in today, she said that she believed in me, and that she expected good things from me. (She) just asked me to play normally.
“I just wanted to bowl in the right areas and bowl as many dot balls as possible, and the wickets would come. If the scoreboard pressure is there, they will give us wickets. The asking rate was 6.5-7 when I came to bowl (in the second spell). So I just had to bowl normally, and I was successful.”
