Bangladesh Vs Scotland Live Score, Women's T20 World Cup 2024: Saskia Horley Removes Shorna Akter, Ritu Moni; BAN-W - 112/6 (19 Overs)

Saskia Horley was introduced into the attack in the 18th over and she got rid of Shorna Akter on the first delivery. She helped Sarah Bryce in Ritu Moni's stumping to get her second wicket in the over on the last delivery of the over.

BAN-W - 103/6 (18)

Abtaha Maqsood was called to bowl her last over of the spell and she leaked nine runs including a boundary and two doubles. Mostary was stumped on the next over's first delivery. She went back after making crucial 36 runs off just 38 balls.

BAN-W - 91/4 (16)

Katherine Fraser came to bowl her third over of the match in the 12th over and Shathi Rani welcomed her with a boundary. She dismissed her on the fourth delivery of the over to send her back to the pavilion. Taj Nehar is the new atter at the crease.

BAN-W - 68/2 (12)

After the early dismissal of Murshida Khatun, Sobhana Mostary started her inning well and managed to generate a partnership with Shathi Rani. The duo is looking good and taking Bangladesh women's innings forward.

BAN-W - 49/1 (9)

Kathryn Bryce came to bowl her second over in the fifth over and got rid of Murshida Khatun on the third delivery. Sobhana Mostary is the new batter at the crease.

BAN-W - 26/1 (5)

Rachel Slater opened the bowling attack of Scotland in front of Bangladesh openers, Murshida Khatun and Shathi Rani. Rani hit a boundary and extracted five runs from the first over. Bangladesh women will try to make full use of the powerplay.

BAN-W - 5/0 (1)

The first match of the tournament is a day match and it is very hot and humid in Sharjah. The temperature is 38 degrees Celsius and the strip looks good to bat on. The boundary dimensions are 59m and 62m respectively. It is 73 metres down the ground. There is a little grass on the surface which will help the seamers.

Nigar Sultana Joty: We want to bat first. Seeing the conditions, think it will be good for batting. Should come on to the bat nicely. We've been preparing ourselves very well. The win against Pakistan in the warm-up games was very nice for us. Cricket is growing nicely in Bangladesh. We're here to show that.

Kathryn Bryce: We'd have had a bat first as well but excited to go out there and chase. Pretty good conditions out here, heat is probably the main thing. It's been absolutely fantastic, been hectic with all the media. Everyone's really excited and prepared to go.

Bangladesh women won the toss and opted to bat first

Playing XIs:

Scotland Women: Saskia Horley, Sarah Bryce(w), Kathryn Bryce(c), Ailsa Lister, Priyanaz Chatterji, Darcey Carter, Lorna Jack, Katherine Fraser, Rachel Slater, Abtaha Maqsood, Olivia Bell

Bangladesh Women: Murshida Khatun, Shathi Rani, Sobhana Mostary, Nigar Sultana(w/c), Taj Nehar, Shorna Akter, Ritu Moni, Fahima Khatun, Rabeya Khan, Nahida Akter, Marufa Akter

"I think India needs to be very careful when playing against Australia. Looking at this group, India has Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. But one match that I think will be a little tough is the India-Australia match," Harbhajan told Star Sports.

"Australia is a good team, even though these matches are being played in Dubai, on subcontinent pitches that might not suit them as much as their home conditions. But Australia, no matter where they play, are hard to beat. So, the biggest challenge for India may be Australia," he said.

Scotland Women: Saskia Horley, Sarah Bryce(w), Kathryn Bryce(c), Darcey Carter, Priyanaz Chatterji, Lorna Jack, Katherine Fraser, Rachel Slater, Chloe Abel, Hannah Rainey, Abtaha Maqsood, Ailsa Lister, Abbi Aitken Drummond, Megan McColl, Olivia Bell

Bangladesh Women: Shathi Rani, Dilara Akter, Sobhana Mostary, Nigar Sultana(w/c), Taj Nehar, Shorna Akter, Ritu Moni, Sultana Khatun, Marufa Akter, Nahida Akter, Jahanara Alam, Fahima Khatun, Rabeya Khan, Murshida Khatun, Disha Biswas

These two sides have met five times and Bangladesh leads the head-to-head stats by winning all of the five games played between the two over the years. This will be their sixth meeting.

Bangladesh were originally set to host the international tournament, before it was moved to the UAE on security grounds. BAN-W skipper Nigar Sultana sounded bullish ahead of her side's opening fixture against SCO-W.

“Bangladesh is a crazy nation when it comes to cricket, with the emotion of the sport acting as an incredible tool for unity. If we perform well here, it will definitely have a positive impact on the Bangladeshi people,” she was quoted on ICC. (Streaming)