South Asian Women's Handball: Bangladesh thump Afghanistan 35-9

Bangladesh women's team reached the final of the South Asian Women's Handball Championship 2018 after handing Afghanistan a thrashing defeat of 35-9 in Lucknow, India Monday. Bangladesh dominated the game from the very beginning and led the opening half by a margin of 17-4. Shumi, who scored six goals in the last match against Bhutan, continued her fine form by netting highest nine goals, while Rubina notched eight.

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Dalia scored four while Shirina, Alpana and Shilpi added three each. Bangladesh however, went on to lose their third game match of the tournament when they conceded a hard-fought 17-26 defeat against Nepal, after trailing 6-12 in the first half. Bangladesh earlier defeated Bhutan 44-3 in their opening game Sunday at the same venue.