Sports Reporter :
Bangladesh Hockey team beat Iran Hockey team by 6-2 goals in their third match of the AHF Cup Hockey Tournament at Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia. By virtue of yesterday’s victory, Bangladesh confirmed their semi-final berth.
Bangladesh led the points table of Group-B bagging maximum nine points from three matches, while Oman collected six points.
Bangladesh will take on Oman on March 17 at the same venue.
Mohammad Ali of Iran put his team ahead by a field goal from the very beginning.
Ashraful Alam of Bangladesh leveled the margin using a penalty corner in the fifth minute.
Ashraful Alam doubled the margin using a penalty corner in the 29th minute of the match.
Ashraful increased the tally into 3-1 capitalizing a penalty corner in the 34th minute of the game.
After two minutes, Milon of Bangladesh made it 4-1 by a field goal.
Ashraful Alam fulfilled his hat-trick utilizing a penalty corner in the 39th minute of the match.
Navid of Iran reduced the margin in the 41st minute of the clash.
Roman Sarkar of Bangladesh sealed the fate of the match (6-2) capitalizing a penalty corner in the 53rd minute.
Defending champions Bangladesh made an auspicious start in the AHF Cup Hockey thrashing Indonesia by 7-2 goals in their first match on March 11.
The red-and-green outfit kept their supremacy defeating Singapore by seven goals to nil in their second match at the same venue on March 14.
