Viral photo regarding Bangladeshi team
ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 is being organized in India and Sri Lanka for the last several days. In this World Cup being played in ODI format, 8 different women’s cricket teams are participating, which apart from hosts India and Sri Lanka, teams like defending world champion Australia, South Africa are also included. Bangladesh is also participating in it and as expected it has not achieved much success. But meanwhile, a photo is going viral on social media, which has surprised those who are not watching the World Cup and are asking – are Bangladeshi players really playing wearing a burqa?
The Bangladeshi team, captained by Nigar Sultana, is continuously trying to achieve some success in the World Cup by performing to its full potential. It had defeated Pakistan in the very first match, while also troubling England, New Zealand and South Africa. But while the girls of Bangladesh are trying their best on the field, the photos related to them are going viral on social media.
Photo of playing wearing burqa goes viral
One such photo is being shared continuously on ‘X’, in which two girls wearing burqa are standing on the field and one of them has a bat in her hand. The graphics of the scorecard are visible in the photo, which is similar to that of Women’s World Cup 2025. According to this scorecard, this photo is of the match between Bangladesh and New Zealand. This photo is being shared from different accounts. Someone has shared it as a photo of the local tournament of Bangladesh while someone has shared it making fun of the Bangladeshi team.
Women cricket tournament in Bangladesh pic.twitter.com/GSw8VXP4V6
— Imtiaz Mahmood (@ImtiazMadmood) October 13, 2025
Bangladesh Women’s Team.💀 pic.twitter.com/Mew5zDrtss
— Gems of Cricket (@GemsOfCrickets) October 13, 2025
Is the Bangladesh women’s team playing in a burqa against New Zealand? pic.twitter.com/3oDZCuN61T
— Cosmoshiv 🚩 (@TrinetraWrath) October 13, 2025
What is the truth of the viral photo and claim?
But is this true? Are Bangladeshi women really playing in this World Cup wearing burqa? Everyone knows that Bangladesh is an Islamic country, but do the women there play cricket wearing burqa? The answer is no. This photo being shared targeting the Bangladeshi team is edited and completely fake. Bangladeshi players are also playing wearing regular jersey and cricket kit like other women cricketers of the tournament and the claims of playing wearing burqa are all wrong.
Shorna Akter provided a massive boost to Bangladesh’s innings with three sensational sixes against South Africa 🚀#SAvBAN #CWC25 Watch now 🎥⬇️https://t.co/MwubybPC7C
— ICC (@ICC) October 13, 2025