Bangladesh Women's Cricket League

The Bangladesh Women's Cricket League is a women's domestic first-class cricket competition that takes place in Bangladesh. Each match is scheduled for up to two days. The first edition of the competition was held in 2022–23. The tournament sees three teams competing, each representing one of the three major rivers of Bangladesh.

History Following the success of Bangladesh in the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup, plans were going on to establish a two-day red-ball match for women since August 2018. In April 2021, the International Cricket Council awarded permanent women's Test status to the Bangladesh women's national cricket team. The lack of a domestic first-class cricket competition for women prevented Bangladesh from starting to play Test matches. The 2022–23 edition is the first-ever women's multi-day competition in Bangladesh, launched by the Bangladesh Cricket Board in March 2023. The inaugural tournament was inaugurated by the chairman of BCB women's wing, Shafiul Alam Chowdhury Nadel, at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna. The competition was introduced to prepare women cricketers for Test cricket and help them adapt to the longer version of the game.

The first edition of the tournament took place from 30 March to 8 April 2023 in a round-robin format. All the matches ended in a draw, and thus the championship was clinched by Team Meghna in terms of quotient.

Teams Current teams TeamDebutCaptainWomen's East Zone2024–25Fahima KhatunWomen's North Zone2024–25Sobhana MostaryWomen's South Zone2024–25Rabeya KhanWomen's Central Zone2024–25Nigar Sultana Jyoti

Defunct teams TeamDebutDissolvedTeam Jamuna2022–232022–23Team Meghna2022–232022–23Team Padma2022–232022–23

Overview SeasonDatesWinnersRunners-upMatch formatMost runsMost wicketsRef2022–2330 March–8 April 2023Team MeghnaTeam Jamuna2 daysRitu MoniSanjida Akter Meghla

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