Bangladesh Men's Hockey teams earned 2nd consecutive victory in the U-18 Asia Cup Hockey crushing Sri Lanka by 13-0 goals in their 2nd match in the Chinese city of Dazhou on Saturday.
Bangladesh men’s team, which made a good start in the Asian Junior meet beating Hong Kong, China by 3-0 goals at the same venue last Thursday, today (Saturday) dominated the first half (2nd quarter) by 8-0 goals.
Captain Mohammad Abdullah and Ismail Hosen made hattricks scoring four and three goals respectively, Din Islam and Sajedul Sajed struck two goals each while Bishal Ahmed and Mohammad Mehedi scored one each for Bangladesh.
Bangladesh men's team put in Pool A with Pakistan, China, Sri Lanka and Hong Kong, China in the 11-team Men's Asia Cup.
In the Women’s U-18 Asia Cup, Bangladesh team defeated Uzbekistan by 3-0 goals at the same venue on Saturday.
After barren first quarter, Kona Akhter scored twice, twinkling of an eye in the 30th minute while Airin Riya scored the other goal in the 28th minute.
Bangladesh women’s team, which was placed in the eight–team Pool A of the Asia Cup with stronger Japan, Uzbekistan and Hong Kong, China, made a frustrating start losing to stronger Japan by 0-11 goals in their first match on Friday.
Bd-Pratidin English/ AM
