Bangladesh suffered a defeat to their Nepalise counterpart in their second match of SAFF U-15 Women's Championship held today (Nov 5) at Birshreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in the city.  

Barsha Oli scored the all-important goal for Nepal in the 87th minute to give Nepal the second successive victory in the championship.

With the day’s victory, Nepal reached top of the table to take their tally to six points from two matches while Bangladesh stand second position in the points table with their previous credit of three points playing the same number of matches.

Bhutan stand bottom of the table following their two consecutive defeats in the championship.

Bangladesh will play their return matches against Bhutan and Nepal on November 7 and 11 respectively.

Earlier, Bangladesh, rode on Sauravi Akanda Prity’s a brilliant hat-trick, made a flying start in the championship crushing lowly Bhutan by 8-0 goals and the host side must be looking forward to earn a good result against Nepal who thrashed Bhutan by 7-0 goals in their tournament opening match.

Apart from host Bangladesh and Bhutan, Nepal is the third team who are participating in the double league basis tournament. The top team of the table will emerge as champions.

BDST: 2019 HRS, NOV 5, 2022
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