Hockey: Bangladesh toy with Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan edge Hong Kong in Men’s AHF Cup | Times of Oman

Muscat: Bangladesh toyed with Sri Lanka as they pumped in 14 targets whereas Uzbekistan edged previous Hong Kong by a solitary objective on the second day of the Males’s Junior AHF Cup Muscat 2023 on the Sultan Qaboos Sports activities Advanced on Saturday evening.

Bangladesh opened the floodgates within the eighth minute and there have been targets in all quarters of the sport. The primary quarter noticed them rating two targets whereas six have been hammered within the subsequent quarter. There was no stopping the Bangladesh gamers as they hit 5 extra within the third quarter whereas the final of the objective got here within the last quarter-hour. The scorers have been Pleasure Mohammed (2), Hasan Mohammed (3), Islam Amirul (5), Ali Mohammed (1) and Hossain Mohammed (3).

Islam Amirul has already gathered six targets in two video games performed on this event. Bangladesh are actually on the highest of the group and can play in opposition to Uzbekistan on January 9, whereas Sri Lanka must win in opposition to Hong Kong in the event that they wish to keep within the Pool B race.

Within the different match, Uzbekistan went into the match excessive on confidence after their 7-3 win over Sri Lanka of their opener. Each the groups performed a hard-fought match and it was solely within the 52nd minute that Ismoilov Amur, the 18-year-old, who has already scored 5 targets within the event, slammed in a penalty nook for the group to choose the three factors.

Uzbekistan now even have six factors in Pool B however path Bangladesh on objective distinction.