B\\\'desh to play India today in 2nd Int\\\'l friendly hockey
Friday, 8 August 2014
Bangladesh National Hockey team, now preparing for the next month's World Hockey League and Asian Games Hockey, will play their 2nd International Friendly match with youthful Indian team today (Friday) at Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishthan (BKSP) in Savar, reports UNB.
Visiting Indian Hockey team already took a 1-0 lead in the three-match International Hockey series beating Bangladesh by 2-1 goal in the first match at BKSP Wednesday.
The 3rd and last match between the two teams will be held tomorrow (Saturday) at the same venue.
In the first match, hosts Bangladesh lost the match after conceding two quick goals with the span of only one minute despite leading the match with a nice goal from Farhad Ahmed Shetul.
Shetul put Bangladesh ahead in the 30th minute while Gurjinder Singh leveled the margin for India in the 32nd minute while Harjeet Singh scored the match winner for the visitors in the 33rd minute much to the frustration of the home side.
Later, Gurjinder Singh was adjudged the best player of the match.
Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) invited the Indian hockey team to tour Bangladesh as part of their preparation for the next month's World Hockey League in Dhaka and as well as for the Asian Games Hockey in the South Korean city of Incheon from September 19 to October 4.