Bangladesh Women captain Nigar Sultana got a life after suffering a stumping due to a bizarre incident.

Bangladesh Women and West Indies Women met in the crucial Group B match of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 at Sharjah. West Indies Women chose to field first after winning the toss. 

During the first batting, Bangladesh Women got a steady start. Sobhana Mostary and the skipper Nigar Sultana were building a good partnership to move the scoreboard confidently. 

During the 12th over of the innings, West Indies Women had a great chance to end that partnership. But one mistake cost the Caribbean team.

Keeper Shemaine Campbelle made a costly mistake

On the fifth ball of the 12th over, Nigar Sultana danced down the track to face Ashmini Munisar’s outside off stump good length ball. While Sultana missed that delivery, wicketkeeper Shemaine Campbelle stumped her timely. The leg umpire went to the third umpire, where Sultana’s right foot was seen on the line. 

It was a comfortable decision to give an out, but Campbelle’s unknowingly mistake cost the Caribbean team. To grab that ball, Campbelle’s gloves moved to the front of the wicket as it was ultimately called a no-ball. It would be 65/3 in the Bangladesh scorecard, but it ultimately recorded 66/2. 

 

 

 

 

 

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With that no-ball, the third-wicket partnership moved to 33 runs. On the next delivery, Sultana hit a four on the free hit. 

Karishma Ramharack picked up four wickets

In the next over, that third-wicket partnership was broken by Karishma Ramharack after adding 40 runs. This time Campbelle managed a successful stumping. It was Ramharack’s third wicket in that match, as she earlier dismissed both the Bangladesh openers. 

That dismissal worked well for the Caribbean team as Bangladesh struggled to score quickly after that. Skipper Sultana scored 39 runs, while Mostary scored 16 runs. Opener Dilara Akter (19) and Ritu Moni (10) were the other Bangladesh batters to reach double-digit scores in that innings.

Bangladesh Women scored 103/8 in 20 overs. Karishma Ramharack ended with the bowling figures of 4-0-17-4. These were the fifth-best bowling figures by a West Indies bowler in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup history. Also, Afy Fletcher (2/25) bagged two wickets, and Hayley Mathews (1/19) took one wicket in that innings.