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Bangladesh-India lock horn in SAFF semi-final

Bangladesh women’s are all set to take defending champions India in the second semi-final of the SAFF Women’s Championship scheduled to be held today at Shahid Rangasala Stadium in Biratnagar, Nepal.

The match kicks off at 3.45 pm (BST), following the first semi-final between host Nepal and Sri Lanka in the morning, BSS reported.

Bangladesh national women’s team is continuing their rigorous training regime to go into the challenging semi-final with the best possible preparation under the supervision of team’s head coach Golam Robbani Choton.

As a part of the preparation, the Bangladesh players enjoyed a light training session at a local public-school field.

With some tired legs, some aches and pains, the Red and Green enjoyed light training session. Except for some injury concerns over goalkeeper Rupna and midfielder Monika, the other players undertook some dynamic stretching exercises, light jogging and light ball exercises.

Bangladesh finished group A runners-up losing to host Nepal by 0-3 goals before winning the first match against Bhutan by 2-0 margin.