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New Zealand will face Bangladesh in the 11th league stage match of the Women’s ODI World Cup. The match will start at 3:00 PM IST at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. The toss will take place at 2:30 pm.
The performance of the New Zealand team so far in the tournament has been quite disappointing. After losing by 88 runs against Australia in the first match, New Zealand had to face defeat by 6 wickets in the second match against South Africa. On the other hand, Bangladesh made a good start by defeating Pakistan in the first match but suffered a 4-wicket defeat against England in the second match. In the points table, New Zealand is at 7th and Bangladesh is at 4th.
Will face each other for the second time in the World Cup 4 Women’s ODIs were played between New Zealand and Bangladesh. New Zealand won 1 of these. Whereas the results of 2 matches could not be declared. One match has been played between the two in the ODI World Cup. New Zealand won this match played in 2022 by 9 wickets.
Sobhana scored the most runs for the team Bangladesh’s Sobhana Mostari, Rabeya Khan and Fahima Khatoon have performed very well in this low scoring match and had given a good fight to England in the last match. Sobhana Mostari is the team’s top scorer in the tournament.
Lee Tahuhu on top in bowling Except New Zealand captain Sophie Devine, all the other batsmen have flopped. Sophie scored a century against Australia in the first match and a half-century against South Africa in the second. At the same time, Lee Tahuhu is on top in bowling.
25th Women’s ODI will be played in Colombo Spinners get a lot of help on this ground. Bangladesh had won against Pakistan by 7 wickets on the basis of its spin attack. So far 24 women’s ODIs have been played here. In 14, the team batting first won and in 10, the team chasing won. The fourth match will be played here in this World Cup.
There is a possibility of rain in Colombo today Today the temperature in Colombo can go up to 31 degrees Celsius. There is also a possibility of rain during the match. There is a 55% chance of rain here today. The Australia-Sri Lanka match here on October 4 was canceled due to rain.
Possible playing XI of both the teams New Zealand: Suzie Bates, Georgia Plimmer, Amelia Kerr, Sophie Devine (c), Brooke Halliday, Mady Green, Isabella Gage (wk), Jess Kerr, Eden Carson, Bree Illing, Lee Tahuhu.
Bangladesh: Rubia Haider, Sharmin Akhtar, Nigar Sultana (captain and wicketkeeper), Sobhana Mostari, Shorna Akhtar, Ritu Moni, Fahima Khatoon, Nahida Akhtar, Rabeya Khan, Marufa Akhtar, Shanjeeda Akhtar.
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