Bangladesh will play their giant neighbour India in their 2nd Group A match of the 19th Asian Games Men's Football on Thursday ( Sept 21).
The match between FIFA ranked 189th Bangladesh and FiFA ranked 99th India will kick- off at 2 pm (Bangladesh time) at the Xiaoshan Sports Center Stadium in the Chinese city of Hangzhou.
Bangladesh started their Asian Games football campaign with a narrow 0-1 goal defeat against another neighbour Myanmar by a Hasan Murad's suicidal goal in the 68th minute.
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India also suffered a humiliating 1-5 goal defeat against hosts China in the group opener also on Tuesday.
Ahead of the Thursday's match, Bangladesh team made their practices at the Zhenjiang Sci-Tech University Athletes Field in Hangzhou Wednesday afternoon.
Bangladesh will play top ranking and hosts China ((FiFA ranked 80th) on September 24 in remaining group match.
Earlier, Bangladesh played 28 matches in the Asian Games Football since their first inception in 1978 and won only four matches, one each against Malaysia, Nepal, Afghanistan, and Qatar.
Meanwhile, the organisers of the 19th Asian Games officially welcome the Bangladesh contingent at a function at the games village Wednesday afternoon.
Mayor of the Hangzhou Asian Games Village Li Huolin welcomed the Bangladesh contingent in the games and exchanged views with Secretary General of Bangladesh Olympic Association Syed Shahed Reza.
Bangladesh national flag was also hoisted at the games flag plaza amid the playing of the national anthem.
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Earlier, Commonwealth Games silver medalist Bangladesh shooter Abdul hel Baki took part in the games torch rally in Hangzhou on Wednesday.
Bangladesh is competing in 17 disciplines of sports—athletics, archery, boxing, cricket, chess, football, kabaddi, hockey, shooting, swimming, weightlifting, karate, gymnastics, fencing, bridge, golf, and taekwondo—in the Hangzhou 19th Asian Games scheduled for September 23 to October 8.