The 10-team ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 begins on Thursday  in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with Bangladesh taking on debutante Scotland in the opening match at 4 pm at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.

Pakistan will face Sri Lanka in the other opening day's fixture at 8 pm at the same venue.

Bangladesh beat Scotland in all the four T20 matches and last of which came in September 22.

The Women's World Cup 2024 was scheduled to take place in Bangladesh. But, due to the political instability in the country, the ICC shifted the World Cup to the UAE from Bangladesh.

All the matches will be in the UAE city Dubai and Sharjah from October 3-20.

Earlier, Bangladesh put in Group B of the World Cup with England, South Africa, West Indies and Scotland while Group A consists of Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan  and Sri Lanka.

In the remaining Group B matches, Bangladesh will play stronger England on Oct 5,  meet West Indies on Oct 10,  both in Sharjah, while face South Africa on October 12 in Dubai.

Top two teams from each of the two groups will play in the semifinals.

The first semifinal will be held on October 17 in Dubai while the semifinal scheduled for October 18 in Sharjah.  The final will be held on October 20 in Dubai.

In the pre-tournament warm-up matches, Bangladesh beat Pakistan by 23 runs and lost to Sri Lanka by 33 runs while Scotland defeated Pakistan by eight wickets and lost to Sri Lanka by five wickets.

Bangladesh women's team, which failed to win any  match in the last four edition World Cup, this time, under the leadership of Nigar Sultana Jyoti,  are very serious to win at-least one World Cup match.

Bangladesh won their last Women's T20 World Cup match in 2014, when they were  the host.

Earlier, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced its ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 squad including new face Disha Biswas.

Five players from Bangladesh previous squad --Rumana Ahmed, Rubya Haider, Shorifa Khatun, Sabikun Nahar, and Ishma Tanjim---were dropped. They were replaced by Sobhana Mostary, Fahima Khatun, Taj Nehar, Shathi Rani, and Disha Biswas.

Bangladesh squad for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup are- Nigar Sultana (captain), Nahida Akter, Murshida Khatun, Shorna Akter, Ritu Moni, Sobhana Mostary, Rabeya Khan, Sultana Khatun, Fahima Khatun, Marufa Akter, Jahanara Alam, Dilara Akter, Taj Nehar, Shathi Rani and Disha Biswas.