Bangladesh hockey team secured a massive 8-3 win over Chinese Taipei in their second match of the Hero Asia Cup 2025 held at the Bihar Sports University Hockey Stadium in Rajgir, Bihar, India on Saturday.
The first two quarters as well as the first half ended 2-2 as Bangladesh struck four goals in the third quarter before adding two more in the fourth and final quarter.
Abdullah scored for Bangladesh in the fourth minute to take the lead.
Tsung-Yu Hsieh of Chinese Taipei leveled the score in the 10th minute and then put his team ahead in the 18th minute by converting a penalty corner.
Abdullah restored parity for Bangladesh in the 26th minute.
In the third quarter, Rakibul Hasan scored two field goals within 22 seconds of the 42nd minute while Shohanur Sobuj and Ashraful Islam scored from penalty corner in the 36th and 45th minute respectively as Bangladesh took the driving seat.
Rezaul Babu extended the lead from a penalty corner in the 56th minute. Ashraful added one more, also from a penalty corner, in the 58th minute.
Tsung-Jen Shih’s goal in the last minute only came up as consolation for Taipei.
Md Abdullah was adjudged the player of the match.
A total of eight teams split into two groups are participating in the competition.
Bangladesh are in Pool B along with South Korea, Malaysia and Chinese Taipei.
Pool A consists of Japan, India, China and Kazakhstan.
In the opening match, Bangladesh lost to Malaysia 4-1.
Bangladesh will play against South Korea next Monday.
