The stage is set for the Women's T20 World Cup 2023 which is set to grip the cricketing world from February 10. A total of 10 teams will be battling out against each other to go after the coveted title. Defending champions Australia are the most successful team in the history of Women's T20 World Cup having won the title five times as this time too they will be deemed as the biggest contender to become the champions. In the eighth edition of the tournament, the ten teams will be divided into two groups of five and each team will face each team of their respective group in single round-robin format with the top two teams progressing to the knock-out round. Defending and record champions Australia have been drawn alongside hosts South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in Group 1, while India are grouped along with 2009 winner England, 2016 winner West Indies, Pakistan and Ireland in Group 2.
Meanwhile, with Women's T20 World Cup 2023 around the corner, let's know about the two teams who recorded the lowest totals in the history of women's T20Is.
Unwanted record of 6
The record of bundling out for the lowest total in the history of women's cricket is jointly held by two teams. Maldives and Mali are the two teams who have the embarrassing record against their names. Both of them recorded the lowest team total of six runs. Coincidently, both the matches were played in the same year i.e 2019. Mali's women team was the first to be dismissed for mere six runs against Rwanda. Batting first, the Mali women's team could only post six runs on the board before the entire team tumbled down in nine overs. Only one batter could open her run account for Mali. Mariam Samake wsa the top scorer for Mali as she scored just one run while rest of the batters were sent packing by Rwanda bowlers with scoring a single run. The rest five runs came by extras. For Rwanda, Josiane Nyirankundineza took three wickets without conceding a single run. In reply, Rwanda won the match in mere four balls.
6 came back to haunt again
Six months later, the history repeated itself as another team was wrapped up for six runs. The Maldives women's team recorded the unwanted feat against Bangladesh in the South Asian Women's Cricket Competition. Batting first, Bangladesh scored 255/2 riding on unbeaten centuries from Nigar Sultana (113) and Fargana Haque (110). Sultana hammered 14 fours and three sixes in her 65-ball blitzkrieg while Fargana cracked a century in 53 balls in which she deposited 20 fours into the stands. In Maldives side fell like a stack of cards before Bangladesh's bowling attack. Maldives played 12.1 overs and the entire team was settled for just runs. Shamma Ali remained the top scorer for Maldives with two runs. Sajaa Fatimath and Kinaanath Ismail scored one run each. For Bangladesh, Ritu Moni and Salma Khatun took three wickets each for the winning cause.
