Bangladesh Hockey Team face Oman Asiad opener

Bangladesh Hockey Team face Oman Asiad opener 



With some of the word's top kabaddi nations particiation in the Asiad, Bangladesh have set their target to finish among the top six

Bangladesh hockey team will begin their Asian Games 2018 campaing with a crucial tie aganist Oman in the first match of group B at GBK hockey field in jakarta indonesia monday at 3pm, Bnagladesh standard time.

With some of the word's top kabaddi nations particiation in the Asiad, Bangladesh have set their target to finish among the top six. But to achieve thaqt, Oman will be teir main obstacle as Bangladesh lost to the former in classification match of the last adition in Incheon.

Drag-and flick specialistMamunur Rahman Chayan said ahead of the game that it could be his last Asiad campaingn but he is concentrating more in the oman game because a defeat would make Bangladesh's chance of finishing fifth more difficult.

Pleased in Group B, Bnagladesh will face Pakistan, Malaysis, Thailand and Kazakhstan in the upcoming matches. Defeating the much higher-ranked Pakistan and Malaysia will not be Bangladesh's priorty, but getting full points against thailand and kazakhstan will b very much on the carda.

The hocky team led by head coach Gobinathan Krishnamurthy payed five practice matches in south korea before coming to Indonesia and played their last warm-up game against India at the match venue Friday. Gobindathan said it would be a deserving prize for the players hard work prior to this tournament, if they beat Oman.


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