B\\\'desh meet Lanka in World hockey zonal today
Friday, 5 September 2014
Bangladesh will meet Sri Lanka in one of the 3 zonal matches of men’s World Hockey League today (Friday). The 1st round zonal opener will kick off at 3:30pm (BST) at Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium (MBHS) in the city. The Lankans arrived in Dhaka on Thursday at 11:30am and are staying at Imperial Hotel while the other visiting team in the league, Hong Kong, reached in the city on Wednesday at 1:30pm and are staying at Fars Hotel at Bijoynagar. The two visiting teams played their practice matches on Thursday afternoon at the MBHS. In the first round, each team will play two matches. The visitors - Sri Lanka and Hong Kong - will face off on Saturday while Bangladesh will take on Hong Kong in their 2nd match on Sunday. From this zone, two teams will qualify for the 2nd round to be held in Singapore in January where 12-19 teams will take part, according to a news agency.