Bangladesh women’s futsal team delivered a commanding performance in their third match of the SAFF Women’s Futsal Championship in Bangkok on Monday, cruising to a 3-0 win over Nepal. The victory followed a draw against Bhutan and further strengthened their push for the tournament title.
Captain Sabina Khatun once again led from the front, opening the scoring in the first half. With that strike, she took her tally to four goals in three matches, having netted twice in the opener and added one goal in each of the next two games. Krishna Rani Sarkar doubled the lead with a stunning long-range effort after controlling the ball and firing past the Nepal goalkeeper.
“𝑾𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒈𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒕𝒆,” 𝑺𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒂 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉. “𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒘𝒆’𝒗𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓.”
Bangladesh Second-Half Pressure Seals the Win
Bangladesh continued to dominate after the break, forcing Nepal’s goalkeeper into repeated saves. The third goal came when Lipi Akhtar smashed home a powerful strike from outside the box, set up by Sumaiya’s free-kick. Goalkeeper Jhili ensured a clean sheet with several sharp stops as Nepal attempted a late response.
With this result, Bangladesh now sit on seven points from three matches—after beating India, drawing with Bhutan, and defeating Nepal—placing them firmly in contention for the championship.
“𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒏 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒖𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒊𝒙𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔,” 𝒂 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒅. “𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈.”
Seven teams are competing in the tournament, and the side with the most points after six matches will be crowned champions. Bangladesh’s men’s futsal team currently has four points from three games and will face Sri Lanka next, while Sabina’s side is also set to meet Sri Lanka on Wednesday.
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