Pakistan captain Nida Dar and her predecessor Bismah Maroof were on cloud nine after the side's historic Women's T20I series win against hosts New Zealand.
Spinner Glenn Phillips returned figures of 4-53 as New Zealand restricted Bangladesh to 310-9 before bad light forced an early stumps on the opening day of the first Test in Sylhet on Tuesday.
India batter Virat Kohli became the leading run-scorer of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 following his performance against New Zealand in the semifinal at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium.
Virat Kohli's splendid knock of 113-ball 117 helped India beat New Zealand by 70 runs and qualify for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 final against Australia or South Africa.
India pacer Mohammed Shami returned with match-winning figures of 7-57 in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 semifinal against New Zealand at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium.
India head into Wednesday's showpiece match at captain Rohit Sharma's home ground as the outstanding side of the vent, having won all nine of their round-robin games to qualify for the knockout phase in style.
India spinner Kuldeep Yadav has impressed cricket fans and legendary cricketers by bagging 14 wickets from nine matches at an average of 22.28 and an economy of 4.15 in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023.
Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan stirred controversy by getting Sri Lanka all-rounder Angelo Mathews dismissed "timed-out" in their ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 fixture.
Pakistan remained in contention to qualify for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 on the back of Fakhar Zaman's match-winning performance against New Zealand at Bengaluru's M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Pakistan beat New Zealand by 21 runs under the DLS Method at Bengaluru's M. Chinnaswamy Stadium to keep their hopes of qualifying for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 alive.
Pakistan beat New Zealand by 21 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis Stern (DLS) Method to remain in contention for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 semifinals.