Female booters edge India in SAFF group match

Defeating strong India in the SAFF Women‍‍`s Championship, Bangladesh finally broke the jinx as it was their very first victory against the neighbours.

The female booters gained the feat by sealing a stunning 3-0 win in their third and last group A match on Tuesday at Dasharath Rangasala Stadium of Nepal.

With the day‍‍`s win, Bangladesh emerged as group A champions of the tournament and will now face group B runners-up Bhutan in the first semifinal scheduled for Friday at the same venue.

Bangladesh started the match with domination and created number of scoring opportunities in the beginning of the match. The girls in green got reap in took the early lead in the 12th minute when Sirat Jahan Shopna perfectly sent the ball to the net off a pass from Krisna before skipper Sabina Khatun did the spade work from mid field.

Krishna Rani Sarkar doubled the margin in the 22nd minute. The experienced forward coolly executed the goal with a perfect placing shot from the D-box after receiving a pass from Shopna.

Back with a healthy 2-0 lead, Bangladesh came to the field with more organized way and continued their domination creating number of scoring opportunities. Shopna further widened Bangladesh‍‍`s margin scoring her second and third goal in the 52nd minute with a left footer shot off a through pass from Sabina.

After that the two teams however failed to score any in the remaining proceeding.