The Bangladesh women’s kabaddi team tasted their first victory in the five-match kabaddi Test series against Nepal in Kathmandu Tuesday.
The Bengal tigress won the game by 26-23 points after losing the first two matches of the kabaddi test series in Kathmandu.
The women in red and green came back from suffering in the initial stage where they were trailing in the first half 15-10.
Earlier, Bangladesh suffered a 41-18 defeat in the first clash before going down to a 29-22 loss in their second encounter.
The win is sure to boost the confidence of Bangladesh’s women kabaddi team which has suffered defeats at the hands of Nepal in the recent past. Bangladesh has a track record of losing to Nepal in Women’s Kabaddi. Bangladesh has no record of winning against Nepal in recent times. Bangladesh lost to Nepal women’s team in the South Asian Games and Asian Games.
The remaining two matches of the series will be held Thursday and Friday respectively.
Nepal vs Bangladesh Kabaddi Test Series: Schedule and Result
Match 1: April 20 (Sunday)
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Nepal 41-18 Bangladesh
Match 2: April 21 (Monday)
Nepal 29-22 Bangladesh
Match 3: April 22 (Tuesday)
Nepal 23-26 Bangladesh
Match 4: April 24 (Thursday)
Match 5: April 23
This is the first Kabaddi Test series between Bangladesh and 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.”
Bangladesh Kabaddi Team for Kabaddi Test Series against Nepal
Sraboni Mallick (captain), Brishti Biswas (vice captain), Rupali (senior), Smrity Akter, Rekha Akter, Mebi Chakma, Rupali Akter (junior), Anjuara Ratri,
Sucharita Chakma, Khadija Khatun, Loba Akter, Yasmin Khanam and Israt Jahan Sadika.
The series will serve as a testing ground for the players ahead of the Kabaddi World Cup to be held in Rajgir, Bihar from June 1 to 13 this year.
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.
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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.”
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.
