Sports Desk:

Joty, Nahida and Marufa will skip the upcoming NCL T20. The trio will take rest as advised by doctors after a long World Cup campaign. They met specialists in Mumbai during the tournament and were told to stay off the field for some time.

The Bangladesh women’s team returned home on Tuesday after a tough World Cup. Joty’s team won only one match in the entire tournament. The bowlers created several chances, but the batters could not make use of them. No player could show consistency throughout the event.

While most players are preparing for domestic cricket, Joty and Marufa are on recovery time. After playing eight matches in the World Cup, the players had little room for rest. From the first week of November, the NCL T20 tournament will begin with cricketers from eight divisions. But some senior players will not take part due to injuries and workload.

Joty and Marufa are expected to return to action in December when Bangladesh tour India. The preparation camp will start in the first week of that month. However, the final schedule of the Bangladesh-India series has not been fixed yet. Talks are still going on between the two boards. The matches are likely to take place in mid-December in Kolkata and Cuttack.