Hockey team leaves today

Bangladesh national hockey team leaves for India today to take part in the 7th Men's Asia Cup Hockey tournament to be held in Chennai from August 31 to September 9.
Bangladesh are placed in Pool B of the 11-team meet with South Korea, India, China, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
They will play their first match against Thailand on August 31, the second against China on September 1. Then they take on Sri Lanka on September 3, while their fourth match is against hosts India on September 4, and then play their last group game against Korea on September 6.
The other teams are Pakistan, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia.
“We want to win against Thailand and Sri Lanka because our main target is to finish sixth,” coach Mahbub Harun said yesterday.
Bangladesh will play only one practice match against Pakistan on Tuesday.

SQUAD
Issa Miah (captain), Zahid Hossain (vice-captain), Mahbubullah Shakil, Mamunur Rahman, Yamin Hossain, Shamsuddin, Mustafizur Rahman, Imran Hossain, Tabib A Noor, Khandaker Hasan Ahmed, Shahidullah, Qamruzzaman, Rahul Kanti Roy, Mosharraf Hossain, Russell Mahmud, Zahidul Islam, Zahid Bin Talib and Iqbal Nader.