The ICC on Monday (October 3) announced the complete fixtures and groupings of the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup 2023 in South Africa. Ten teams will divide into two groups in quest for a semifinal berth. Bangladesh's women’s team will play in Group A. Let’s take a look at Bangladesh’s group phase fixtures for the ICC Women’s Twenty20 World Cup 2023. 2023 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup: Bangladesh team’s fixtures Bangladesh women's team earned a spot in the main event in South Africa after recently winning the ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier in the United Arab Emirates. The Irish team also progressed following their second-place finish in the qualifier competition. Read: BCB plans to sell Bangladesh’s T20 World Cup jersey online Following confirmation of the participating teams, the International Cricket Council released the itinerary for the eighth edition of the Women's T20 World Cup on Monday. The schedule includes who will play who in the group stage. In Group A, Bangladesh will face defending champions Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Sri Lanka.  The Bangladesh women’s team will play their first match against Sri Lanka on February 12 and end their group phase fixtures with a match against the host South Africa on February 21. Here are Bangladesh’s complete group phase fixtures for the 2023 ICC Women’s Twenty20 World Cup. Read: Papon admits failure to give women’s cricket attention it deserves The Twenty20 World Cup 2023 group stage schedule for the Bangladesh women's team Date Match Venue 12/02/2023 Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town 14/02/2023 Bangladesh vs Australia St George's Park Cricket Ground, Gqeberha 17/02/2023 Bangladesh vs New Zealand Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town 21/02/2023 Bangladesh vs South Africa Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town   Source: https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2811797 Bottom Line Bangladesh women's team has never advanced to the knockout round in the T20 World Cup tournament. The chances of the tigresses competing in the semifinals of the forthcoming ICC Women's Twenty20 World Cup 2023 are also extremely small. According to Bangladesh’s fixtures, they can start their campaign with a victory over Sri Lanka. However, their other competitors are far stronger and among the favourites to win the competition. Read: How much prize money will be on offer at the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia?

The International Cricket Council (ICC) Friday awarded Test status to the Bangladesh Women's cricket team. Along with the Tigresses, Afghanistan and Zimbabwe women's teams were also awarded the Test status. It was decided in the latest meeting of ICC that Test status would be granted to all women's teams of the full-member nations of the ICC. Also read: Women cricketers join individual training programme Right after the decision was made public, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) women's wing chairman Shafiul Alam Nadel said the Tigress might play their inaugural Test this year. "It's great that the ICC has decided to grant us the Test status," he told the media. "But it'll take some time to schedule our inaugural Test. But we hope to play our first Test this year." Also read: Bangladesh’s women cricketers on a roll Bangladesh all-rounder Rumana Ahmed said, "This is big news for the country. We are now a Test-playing nation in women's cricket. I believe getting the Test status will help Bangladesh women's cricket scale new heights," she said via a video message sent to the media from BCB. With the inclusion of three new teams, the number of women's Test teams has reached 13. The other Test-playing women's teams are – Australia, England, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, Ireland, Sri Lanka, West Indies and the Netherlands. Read The most famous Bangladeshi female athletes of all time