Bangladesh team observe a minute's silence in memory of the language martyrs DHAKA TRIBUNEBangladesh will face the winner of the fourth quarter-final – Iran or Denmark - in the last four on Wednesday. This is Bangladesh's best display so far in four editions of the Roll Ball World Cup. They never reached the last four before. They finished seventh in the last World Cup in Pune, India two years ago.
On the other hand, reigning champion India are marching towards retaining the title as they handed Zambia a humiliating 40-0 defeat in the second quarter-final in Mirpur. The margin of victory is the biggest in the history of the Roll Ball World Cup.
Meanwhile, India's women team also reached the last four, beating their Latvian counterparts at the same venue. In the day's other quarter-finals, Latvia beat Kenya and Iran defeated Pakistan in the men's category while England beat Senegal, Iran defeated Argentina and Kenya beat Uganda in the women's event.Bangladesh began the day with a thrashing 12-1 victory over Taipei in their first battle in the morning to confirm their berth in the last eight. They then faced Nepal in the first quarter-final in the afternoon.
The home side outplayed their south Asian neighbour 6-3 to reach the semis. After the first half ended 4-0 in favour of Bangladesh, Nepal tried to stage a comeback with three straight goals in the second half but it was too little, too late.
Hridoy Hasan continued his amazing form and once again became the highest scorer in both the matches on Tuesday. The 15-year old scored six goals against Taipei in the pre-quarters before adding three against Nepal. Shohag and Arafat scored two and one apiece for the home side to help register their fifth consecutive win in the event.
Bangladesh team observe a minute's silence in memory of the language martyrs DHAKA TRIBUNEBangladesh will face the winner of the fourth quarter-final – Iran or Denmark - in the last four on Wednesday. This is Bangladesh's best display so far in four editions of the Roll Ball World Cup. They never reached the last four before. They finished seventh in the last World Cup in Pune, India two years ago.
On the other hand, reigning champion India are marching towards retaining the title as they handed Zambia a humiliating 40-0 defeat in the second quarter-final in Mirpur. The margin of victory is the biggest in the history of the Roll Ball World Cup.
Meanwhile, India's women team also reached the last four, beating their Latvian counterparts at the same venue. In the day's other quarter-finals, Latvia beat Kenya and Iran defeated Pakistan in the men's category while England beat Senegal, Iran defeated Argentina and Kenya beat Uganda in the women's event.
Bangladesh team observe a minute's silence in memory of the language martyrs DHAKA TRIBUNEBangladesh will face the winner of the fourth quarter-final – Iran or Denmark - in the last four on Wednesday. This is Bangladesh's best display so far in four editions of the Roll Ball World Cup. They never reached the last four before. They finished seventh in the last World Cup in Pune, India two years ago.
On the other hand, reigning champion India are marching towards retaining the title as they handed Zambia a humiliating 40-0 defeat in the second quarter-final in Mirpur. The margin of victory is the biggest in the history of the Roll Ball World Cup.
Meanwhile, India's women team also reached the last four, beating their Latvian counterparts at the same venue. In the day's other quarter-finals, Latvia beat Kenya and Iran defeated Pakistan in the men's category while England beat Senegal, Iran defeated Argentina and Kenya beat Uganda in the women's event.