Bangladesh U-19 Football team will start their campaign in the six- nation South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) U-19 Championships taking on India in the opening match on Thursday.
The match between two arch-rivals will kick off at 1:45 pm (Bangladesh time) at the Dashrath Stadium in Kathmandu.
Ahead of the Thursday's match, Bangladesh youth team made their practices in Kathmandu on Wednesday afternoon from 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm.
Read: SAFF U-19 Championship: Bangladesh Football team reaches Kathmandu
Earlier, Bangladesh was placed in Group B of the regional soccer youth meet with their giant neighbor in India and Bhutan while hosts Nepal, the Maldives and Pakistan put in Group A of the SAFF U-19 Championship '2023 to be held in Kathmandu from September 21-30.
Bangladesh will play Bhutan in their remaining group match on Saturday (September 23) at the same venue..
Top two teams from each of the groups will play in the semifinals on September 27 while the final match will be held on September 30.
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