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Women’s hockey team lose 1st practice match
DHAKA, Aug 20, 2019 (BSS)- Bangladesh women’s hockey team suffered a 0-6 goals defeat to strong Sports Authority of India (SAI) national women’s hockey team in the first practice match of the six-match series held today at Moulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium at Mirpur.
The Bangladesh Hockey Federation arranged the practice matches for the Bangladesh women’s hockey team to get a good result in the Women’s Junior U-21 AHF Cup scheduled to be held on September 9-15 in Singapore.
After the match, team’s experienced player Nobita Karmakar talking to the reporters said SAI hockey team is comparatively stronger than us but if we get more time in camp, we could try better.
She said the coach instructed them to play the natural game which they tried to maintain in the field.
Nobita hoped that they would improve their performance in the remaining matches.
Bangladesh will play the second and third practice matches on August 22 and 23 respectively.
The remaining three matches between the two sides will be held on August 25, 26 and 28.
All the matches will be held at the same venue.
Earlier, Youth and Sports Secretary Dr Jafar Uddin formally inaugurated the series as the chief guest.
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