The Nepal and Bangladesh women’s kabaddi teams are set to lock horns in a test series. This will be the first ever test series played between the women’s side of the two nations.
The five-match test series will be held in the capital city of Kathmandu this month. The Bangladeshi team will leave for Nepal on April 19.
The first match of the series will be played on April 20, followed by the remaining matches of the series will be held on April 21, 22, 24 and 25.
General Secretary of Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation SM Newaz Sohag said: “Like Bangladesh, the Nepal Women’s Kabaddi team will also play the Test series for the first time. Nepal is very excited about this series. The hosts are going through a busy time with the test series campaign. For the first time under our committee, the Bangladesh women’s team is going to play a Test series, which is a big deal for the Bangladeshi Kabaddi. We hope our girls will do well in Nepal.”
Significance of the Nepal Vs Bangladesh Women’s Kabaddi Series
The Nepal vs Bangladesh women’s kabaddi series is significant as players will get an opportunity to prove themselves ahead of the upcoming Women’s Kabaddi World Cup to be held in India from June 1 to 13 this year.
The Bangladesh team started their training camp for the test series immediately after winning bronze at the Asian Women’s Kabaddi Championship in Iran under the coaching of Shahnaz Parveen Maleka and Arduzzaman Munshi at Dhanmondi Riya Gope Women’s Sports Complex.
Regarding preparations for the World Cup, SM Newaz Sohag said, “Since the Women’s World Cup is in June, we need to play some preparation matches. We’ll play five matches against Nepal which will be very useful for us. I believe that our girls will gain experience before the World Cup. After the series, we’ll try to send the team to India 15-day or a month before the start of the World Cup.”
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In the run up to the World Cup, Sohag also informed that they have planned to organise a few warm-up matches against the state team in India. Besides, they are also looking to stage a match against Thailand.
As far as their head-to-head collision is concerned, Nepal is no match to Bangladesh in Women’s Kabaddi. Bangladesh has no record of winning against the Himalayan nation in recent times, having lost to them in South Asian Games and Asian Games.
The case is, however, contrary in men’s kabaddi. Recently, the Nepal men’s kabaddi team visited Bangladesh to play a five-match series. The matches were played in Dhaka and the Bengal Tigers won the series 4-1.
