Sweet revenge for hosts
Hosts Bangladesh came from behind to beat old rivals Maldives by 3-1 sets in the opening match of the DBBL Asian Senior Men's Central Zone Volleyball Championship at the Shaheed Suhrawardi Indoor Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.
The hosts, who had suffered a defeat against the Maldivians in their last international assignment during the 2010 South Asian Games, lost the first set 20-25, but they made a brilliant comeback to take the second set 25-19. The men in green then carried the momentum and took the next two sets 25-21 and 25-20.
Bangladesh coach Emdadul Haque termed the victory as a result of the relentless effort they put in since the start of training in February this year. He was looking forward to putting up a good show against Bangladesh's next Pool B opponents Kyrgyzstan on Monday.
Bangladesh, Maldives, Kyrgyzstan and Nepal are the teams in Pool B while Pool A comprises Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
Earlier, the first-ever international volleyball championship in Bangladesh was inaugurated through a colourful display show where Trade Minister Tofael Ahmed was present as the chief guest where chief of general staff Lieutenant General Moinul Islam was present as the special guest. Among the other dignitaries were managing director of sponsors Dutch Bangla Bank Limited, KS Tabarez, and representatives of Bangladesh, India and Iran volleyball federations.
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