Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan said they did exactly what they wanted to do to keep them in the race of the Super 4 of Asia Cup.
Playing a near perfect cricket, Bangladesh crushed Afghanistan by 89 runs at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahor and boosted their net run rate so much so that there is hardly any chance they would be out of the Asia Cup from this position.
Afghanistan now need a miracle if they want to go through Super 4 but it they really could beat Sri Lanka by big margin, that would affect Sri Lanka run rate. So whatever happens, Bangladesh would be in safe zone.
Three matches of the 2nd Junior Services Kabaddi League were held today (Sunday) at National Kabaddi Stadium in the city.
On the day, Bangladesh Police beat Bangladesh Fire Service by 75-21 points, Bangladesh Ansar defeated Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Prothistan by 51-48 points and Bangladesh Army outplayed Bangladesh Navy by 48-26 points.
The Bangladesh U-16 national football started their SAFF U-16 Football Championship mission with a losing note as they suffered a solitary goal defeat to defending champions India in their opening Group A match held today (Saturday) Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu.
The first half of the match ended with goalless draw. In the first half, both Bangladesh and India were equal in attack and ball possession.
In the second half, India got deprived from a goal in the 72nd minute when a free kick from the front of the box returned to play after hitting the cross bar.
LISBON: Cristiano Ronaldo was named in Portugal squad on Friday for upcoming Euro 2024 qualifiers against Slovakia and Luxembourg.
Former European champions Portugal sit top of Group J in qualifying for next year finals in Germany.
They face Slovakia in Bratislava next Friday before hosting Luxembourg three days later.