The Bangladesh team went to play the Women's T20 World Cup with great hopes. However, Nigra Sultana Jyoti had to depart from the group stage. The Tigresses only won the season opener against Scotland in four games. Despite raising hopes against New Zealand in other matches, they lost the remaining two matches by big margins. The World Cup journey ended last Friday with a loss to South Africa.

Jyoti

In the press conference after the 7-wicket loss to the Proteas, Jyoti said, 'The difference between the wickets of Bangladesh and Sharjah was not much. Spin assisted wickets. The spinners did well. The batters could not match themselves. Venue doesn't matter. We have failed as a team. No use blaming the venue. That would be an excuse.'

Bangladesh batsmen were unsuccessful in the whole World Cup. After the disappointing outing, Jyoti blamed the batsmen. If we get off to a good start in the power play, the middle order doesn't have to falter. Sometimes I can't finish the way I should. So we are going with many questions. We have to find answers to the questions in the path ahead.'

Highlighting their overall direction, the Bangladesh captain said, 'The bowlers did well, the batsmen could not score runs. England scored 119 runs, we couldn't chase that. It is our failure. At these stages, the mental aspect of the cricketers should be stronger. I would say the team is quite experienced. But when it comes to such tournaments, if there is no team effort, then it does not lead to winning the match. A couple of individual performances do not win matches at such a big stage.'

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In their last match against the Proteas, Bangladesh lost 3 wickets and scored only 106 runs. Sobhana Mostari scored 38 off 43 balls and Jyoti remained unbeaten on 32 off 38 balls. Later, Tazmin Brits' 41 and Aneki Bakh's 25 runs ensured the African girls won by 7 wickets.