Defending champions Bangladesh earned the 2nd consecutive victory in the 12-nation Bangabandhu Cup International Kabaddi crushing Malaysia by 73-22 points with six creditable lonas at the Shaheed Suhrawardy National Indoor Stadium in Mirpur on Monday.
Bangladesh, which made a flying start outplaying the World Cup semifinalists South Korea by 67-22 points with five Lona’s in the inaugural match, today (Monday) clearly dominated first half by 37-4 points with three lonas.
This was the 2nd successive defeat for Malaysia in the ongoing tournament after suffering a 30-67 points defeat against Nepal on the first day (Sunday).
In the day's match, the raiders and Bangladesh’s trade mark solid defense saw Malaysia have no clue to counter.
The confidence of Arduzzaman Munshi and Co. was visible from the very beginning of the match as the hosts kept the scoreboard ticking with regular raids and catches.
Al Amin, a right raider of Bangladesh, was adjudged the best player of the match scoring 18 points.
“I am focused on the teamwork and I am happy with the teams success, we have more challenges ahead and we believed that we will attain our goal. Bangladesh will prove their superiority in the field with teamwork” said Al Amin.
Last three times champions Bangladesh will play their 3rd group match against Indonesia on Wednesday ( May 29)
Earlier in the day's first match. Indonesia made a good start in the meet beating European side Polland by 46-40 points with three lonas in a keenly contested match at the same venue Monday afternoon.
Twelve countries from the three continents --- Europe, Africa and Asia --are taking part in the 4th edition of the tournament, organised by Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation (BKF).
Participating countries are:
Group A -Bangladesh, Nepal, Poland, Indonesia, Malaysia and South Korea.
Group B - Iraq, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Uganda and Japan.
On completion of the group matches on June 1, the top two teams from each of the group will play semifinal on June 2. The tournament will conclude on June 3 with the final match.