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VOLLEYBALL-BANGAMATA-BANGLADESH
Nepal sent Bangladesh packing
DHAKA, Nov 12, 2019 (BSS)- Bangladesh women’s volleyball team’s hope of
playing final vanished into blue as they suffered a 3-0 sets defeat to
visiting Nepal in their third match of first Bangamata Asian Senior Women’s
Central Zone International Volleyball Championship held today (Tuesday) at
Shaheed Suhrawardy Indoor Stadium in the city’s Mirpur.
Bangladesh lost their first and second sets by 25-07 and 25-06 points and
eventually they could not fight back losing the third set by 25-06 points.
Khadka Sunita of Nepal was named the player of the match for her
impressive performance on the day.
Bangladesh team’s coach Golam Rasul Mehedi, however, content of the team’s
performance.
“Definitely happy… My girls are new and they have less experience of
playing match…Even they did not play any international match before …
Nevertheless we have able to reach in this stage,” said the Bangladesh coach
after the match.
Bangladesh will play their next match against Kyrgyzstan scheduled to be
held tomorrow (Wednesday) at 3 pm following the day’s another match between
the Maldives and Nepal at 1 pm.
Earlier, Bangladesh made a good start in the championship beating
Afghanistan in their opening match but lost to the Maldives in their group
second match
On the other hand, Nepal won their first match against Afghanistan and
with the day’s win against Bangladesh confirmed their spot of final.
The top two teams will lock horn in the final scheduled to be held on
November 14 at 3 pm following the third-place deciding encounter at 1 pm.
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