Bangladesh beat Japan in hockey warm-up

Bangladesh earned a 2-1 victory over Japan in a warm-up match at Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium Sunday ahead of the much-awaited 10th Hockey Asia Cup, scheduled to get underway on Wednesday.

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— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) October 6, 2017

Milon Hossain opened the scoring five minutes into the clock before Ashraful Islam doubled the lead in the 31st minute from a penalty corner. The visitor pulled one back in the 34th minute in the 40-minute-per-half friendly game.

Hockey; Head coach Farhat Khan unlikely to travel with Pak team for Asia Cup tomorrow as PHF couldn't get NOC for his travel from Customs.

— Faizan Lakhani (@faizanlakhani) October 7, 2017

Meanwhile, six visiting teams out of a total of seven arrived in Dhaka Sunday. Japan landed in Dhaka on Saturday night while India, South Korea, Pakistan and Malaysia arrived in the capital Sunday. China were scheduled to set foot at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Sunday at 1:35pm but their arrival time was deferred for hours while Oman, who were also scheduled to arrive Sunday afternoon, are rescheduled to land Monday morning.RESULTBangladesh 2 1 Japan