Bangladesh finally broke the jinx against India as the women in red and green beat their neighbors for the first time in the Women’s Saff Championship Tuesday in a 3-0 Group A triumph at Dasharath Rangasala Stadium in Kathmandu.
With the day's win, Bangladesh not only maintain their winning run in the group stage, but also emerged as group champions, reports BSS.
Bangladesh, who earlier confirmed their semi-final spot after winning both their previous group phase matches, will now face Group B runners-up Bhutan in the first semi, scheduled to be held Friday at the same venue.
Group A runners-up India will play Group B champions Nepal in the second semi-final on the same day.
Bangladesh dominated the match from the word go and created a number of scoring opportunities.
The women in red and green took the lead in the 12th minute when Sirat Jahan Shopna perfectly sent the ball to the back of the net off a pass from Srimoti Krishna Rani Sarkar after some fine work by skipper Sabina Khatun in midfield.
Krishna doubled the margin in the 22nd minute.
The experienced forward coolly executed the goal with a perfect placing shot from the d-box after receiving a pass from Shopna.
Shopna further extended Bangladesh's lead scoring her second and Bangladesh’s third in the 52nd minute with a left footed shot off a through pass from Sabina.
After that the two teams failed to add to the scoreline in the remainder of the proceedings.
Bangladesh earlier blanked the Maldives 3-0 in their opening game before thrashing Pakistan 6-0 in their second match while India also stared their campaign with a 3-0 win over Pakistan and crushed the Maldives 9-0 in their next game.
