Bangladesh’s young batsman opens up about competing on the big stage of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup.
Rubya Haider, a Bangladesh batswoman, believes that the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 has given her a fresh perspective on international cricket.
Haider scored a match-winning 50 in Bangladesh’s first ODI match against Pakistan. This helped the team begin their World Cup campaign on a winning note.
In a post-competition interview, the 28 year-old said that it was surreal to watch the likes Smriti Mdhana of India and Australia’s Alyssa Helia from the other side.
” Smriti, I watched the batting of her in the last match. Haider, a lefty told The Daily Star that she was more appealing to him because of her coolness and calmness while batting.
” Alyssa, too, and she struck a lot against us. She revealed that it was as if they were able to read minds.
Mandhana was India’s leading scorer at the end of the tournament, but Healy is one of three batsmen who hit two tons during the tournament.
Haider responded that “they have played cricket for a long time and experience is very important.”
” Match scenarios and practice scenarios are different. “I think they are more mature because they have played more.”
Haider played a crucial role with the bat in Bangladesh’s victory over Pakistan during their first game of the Cricket World Cup. She scored her maiden half-century.
Haider said that representing Bangladesh in the world stage is a “different feeling” because of the different atmosphere. “
” At that time, it felt like a fantasy to me. I had the chance to watch many great players in action, as well as learn about their knowledge, confidence and skills.
It was clear that they had completely different ideas about cricket. They have totally new dreams. I saw them and realised the expectations should be on my shoulders. If I want to reach a high position in cricket, I have to think big.”
Bangladesh, who were making their World Cup debut in 2022, had only won one match out of seven. Despite finishing in the same place this time around, there are many positives from their last campaign.
Bangladesh was still in contention to make the knockout round until they narrowly lost against Sri Lanka. In rain-affected matches, they also lost to England and South Africa both semi-finalists.
Haider said that the team made a clear improvement from the previous edition in terms of their batting.
We had eight 50s this time at the World Cup. We were hoping for a hundred, but unfortunately, it never happened.
Sobhana mostary scored two fiftys, Supta Apu two fiftys, Joty one and Shorna Akter one. “
We were happy to see that we performed better than we did before in certain areas. In 2022, we only reached one half-century; this time, there were 8. I believe we’ve improved. We have definitely also noted our lapses. If we focus on these, I believe we can do much better.
