Bangladesh reach semis in jr World Cup Kabaddi

Bangladesh Junior Kabaddi team reached the semifinals of the first Junior Kabaddi World Cup'2019 beating Thailand by 62-37 points in the quarterfinal match at Kish Island National Stadium in Iran on Thursday, reports UNB.

In the day's other quarterfinal matches, Iran beat Chinese Taipei by 53-31 points, Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 44-32 points while Kenya beat Denmark by 79-24 points.

Bangladesh will play hosts Iran in the 2nd semi-final today (Friday) while Pakistan will face Kenya in the first semifinal the same day.

Earlier, Bangladesh emerged champions in three-team Group C to reach the quarterfinals of the junior world meet beating Afghanistan by 84-11 points and Chinese Taipei by 48-36 points.

Favourite and hosts Iran emerged champions in the four-team Group A crushing Malaysia by 70-29, Turkmenistan by 90-46 and Thailand by 60-19 points.

A total of 13 countries, split into four groups, were taking part in the Junior Kabaddi World Cup.