Bangabandhu Cup International Kabaddi Semis Bangladesh

Bangladesh secured the semifinal game of Bangabandhu Cup International Kabaddi Tournament with one match in hand. The last match was against Iraq to win the group. Today, Saturday (March 18), Bangladesh won the match easily.

In the last match of the group at the Shahid Noor Hossain Volleyball Stadium in Paltan, Bangladesh defeated the Middle Eastern country by 49-33 points including three losses and will now play the semi-finals as the best in the group with 10 points after five consecutive wins. Bangladesh led by 28-13 points in the first half. Bangladesh captain Tuhin Tarafdar was the best player of the match.

Two reliable players Russell Hasan and Roman Hossain could not play for the Bangladesh team in this match held at the Shahid Noor Hossain Volleyball Stadium in Paltan. He suffered a head injury while playing against England in the previous match. However, despite not being able to play in the first four matches, the star player Arduzzaman Munshi gave hope and played for the Bangladesh team after being injury-free.

Caught doing the first raid for the team (lost on review). Later, however, he brought several valuable points for the team’s needs. Bangladesh all out the opponent Iraq within 6 minutes of the start of the match. Then the scoreline of the match (10-1). After that, Sajuram’s disciples started playing in the same way. Bangladesh quickly collected some points from the raids of Munshi and Mizanur. Iraq also scored some points with a try.

Just before the end of the first half, Bangladesh again all out Iraq. Both teams went into the break with a 28-13 scoreline. Bangladesh did not play very well in the second half. They scored only 21 points in this half. And Iraq played well and earned 20 points. In the end they scored a few points in a row. But still could not reduce the gap with Bangladesh.

In this victory, Bangladesh won all the matches of the Bangladesh group. Bangladesh collected 10 points after winning five consecutive matches. In the previous four matches, Bangladesh lost to Poland, Argentina, Nepal and England respectively. And in the previous three matches, Iraq lost to Argentina, Nepal and Poland respectively.