Ireland’s T20 victory against England was achieved by a five-wicket margin.
The result represented a historic milestone for Ireland women’s cricket and should increase the team’s confidence going forward against a Bangladesh side who are ranked one place above them at number nine for T20 games.
Lewis was made permanent Ireland captain in October, taking over from Laura Delany, who had held the position since 2016.
Delany suffered an ankle injury which she sustained during a T20 series against Sri Lanka in August, affording Lewis the opportunity to become skipper for the series against Sri Lanka and England.
Lewis outlined her belief that Irish women’s cricket could be entering a new era following their famous victory two months ago.
“With the change of leadership, it’s a really exciting time going into a new championship cycle,” she said.
“We had great confidence from the summer so we’re really looking forward to this series and it’s great to have Laura back from injury and Uma Raymond-Hoey back and a few changes to the ODI squad. So really looking forward to the series and getting started out here.”
As Lewis alluded to, part of what makes this a new dawn for the Irish women’s national team is the change of leadership. Being awarded the captaincy for her country is the honour of a lifetime for the 23-year-old, who feels up to the task.
“Growing up as a little girl I think it wasn’t really something that I thought of, it was just playing for Ireland.
“Having got a chance to lead in domestic and the youth stuff, it’s definitely something I felt natural doing and I saw myself doing.”