BD kabaddi team go down to India

BSS, Hangzhou :
Bangladesh kabaddi team suffered an 18-55 points defeat to India in their second group A match of the 19th Asian Games kabaddi was held at Xiaoshan Guali Sports Center Court on Tuesday.

India clearly dominated the entire proceeding after leading the first half by 24-9 points.

They also added another 31 points in the second half with four creditable lone in the match.

After the match, Indian-born Bangladesh Coach Ramesh Giri Bendi asked for more time for the youngsters to prepare them and also expressed his optimism about going to the semi-finals by winning the remaining two matches.

Bangladesh will face Chinese Taipei in their third match of the group scheduled to be held today.

Earlier, on Monday last, Bangladesh made a winning start beating Japan by 52-17 points in their opening group match.