Bangladesh national football team arrived in Dhaka today (March 26) with one point as they played out a goalless draw against India in their first-leg match of the AFC Asian Cup 2027 qualifiers’ final round.
The match was held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Shillong yesterday (March 25).
A Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) official said that the Bangladesh contingent traveled through three Indian states during their 11-hour inbound journey.
They left Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya, for Guwahati, the capital of Assam, at 7 am (IST). Then, they took a flight for Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal as there was no direct flight from Guwahati to Dhaka. They took a direct flight from Kolkata to Dhaka and landed here at 5 pm (BST).
The second-leg match between Bangladesh and India will be held on November 18 in Dhaka.
But the men in red and green will host Singapore in their first-leg match on June 10 and will play another match (first-leg) against Hong Kong China on October 9.
In Shillong, both sides gave their best effort on the pitch to score a goal, but failed to break the deadlock, wasting a lot of chances in either half.
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