Nahida Akter backs Nigar Sultana amid batting woes forward of South Africa conflict


Bangladesh left-arm spinner Nahida Akter has defended her captain Nigar Sultana amid her poor kind within the ongoing Ladies’s World Cup 2025. Sultana has scored simply 27 runs from three innings as far as Bangladesh has gained only one out of three matches thus far.

They may subsequent tackle South Africa of their fourth fixture on Monday, October 13 at ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam. Forward of the all-important fixture, after back-to-back losses towards England and New ZealandNahida Akter has disregarded kind issues for her captain.

“No, I do not see it that approach. We’ve got different succesful batters within the staff. And our captain, Joty, all the time performs in a approach that conjures up us. I consider she’ll do higher from the subsequent match, if God needs. Sure, I agree our batting collapsed. We have already mentioned it with our batting coaches and among the many gamers. We have been engaged on these weaknesses, and hopefully the batters will come again within the subsequent match.,” stated Akter within the pre-match press convention.

Moreover, she expressed confidence in her batting line as much as bounce again.

“Clearly, we have already talked with our batters and bowlers and could have one other staff assembly. We all know that they’re staff and gained their final match, however we’ll attempt our greatest to carry out properly and do higher in tomorrow’s match. In fact, we’re assured. At any time when we play, we play to win, nobody comes right here to lose. Nonetheless, we collapsed in batting within the earlier matches, however we’re hopeful it’s going to enhance tomorrow,” she added.

Bangladesh are ranked sixth on the factors desk with one win from three matches, having two factors to their identify. The Nigar Sultana-led aspect has given powerful battle to opposition within the first three matches and will likely be wanting to lastly cross the road within the upcoming fixture towards South Africa.

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Revealed By:

Rishabh Beniwal

Revealed On:

Oct 13, 2025

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