By Adnan Sipra
The Bahrain women’s cricket team leaves for Oman today to take part in the six-nation GCC Women’s T20I Championship Cup 2022.
Captained by all-rounder Tharanga Gajanayake, the team, comprised of newly recruited cricketers with mostly South Asian roots, will create history when they play hosts Oman in the opening game on Sunday by becoming the first Bahraini women’s side to ever play a T20 international match.
“I am very proud to announce that, after 50 years of Bahrain cricket, our women’s cricket team will be playing their first ever T20I,” Bahrain Cricket Federation (BCF) president Hatim Dadabai said at a capping ceremony held for the team at a local hotel on Tuesday.
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