After some enthralling encounters in the men’s Kabaddi test series between Bangladesh and Nepal, the women’s side of both the countries are ready to lock horns.
The Bangladesh National Women’s team is set to tour Nepal for their maiden five-match Kabaddi test series. The Bengal tigress will leave for the Himalayan nation on April 19.
The first Nepal vs Bangladesh match of the kabaddi test series will be held on April 20 while the remaining matches will be held on April 21, 22, 24 and 25. All the fixtures will be held in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal.
General Secretary of Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation SM Newaz Sohag said: “Like Bangladesh, the Nepal Women’s Kabaddi team will also play the Test series for the first time. Nepal is very excited about this series. The hosts are going through a busy time with the test series campaign. For the first time under our committee, the Bangladesh women’s team is going to play a Test series, which is a big deal for the Bangladeshi Kabaddi. We hope our girls will do well in Nepal.”
The general secretary also announced the five-match series against Nepal as part of preparations for the upcoming Women’s Kabaddi World Cup 2025 which will be held in Bihar, India from June 1 to 13 this year.
The Preparation
The Bangladesh team had already started their training camp for the kabaddi test series immediately after winning bronze at the Asian Women’s Kabaddi Championship in Iran under the supervision of coaches Shahnaz Parveen Maleka and Arduzzaman
Munshi at Dhanmondi Riya Gope Women’s Sports Complex.
Regarding preparations for the World Cup, SM Newaz Sohag said, “Since the Women’s World Cup is in June, we need to play some preparation matches. We’ll play five matches against Nepal which will be very useful for us. I believe that our girls will gain experience before the World Cup. After the series, we’ll try to send the team to India 15-day or a month before the start of the World Cup.”
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Sohag also informed that efforts are being made to organise a few warm-up matches against the state team in India.Besides, they are also planning to organise a match against Thailand. Nepal has a track record of dominating Bangladesh in Women’s Kabaddi. Bangladesh has no record of winning against Nepal in recent times. Bangladesh lost to Nepal women’s team in South Asian Games and Asian Games.
Bangladesh team wants to turn the table on Nepal with the upcoming five-match kabaddi test series.
However, the scenario is a bit different on the men’s side. Early this year, the Bangladesh National Men’s Kabaddi team played a five-match test series against Nepal in February in Dhaka and won the event 4-1.
