Bangladesh play India today

Bangladesh will be hoping to play their natural game in the AHF 9th Asia Cup when they take on holders India in their last pool match at the Azlan Shah Stadium in Ipoh, Malaysia today.
After their brilliant performance in the World Hockey League (Rd-2), many hockey lovers in the country had pinned their hopes on the national team to put up another good showing in the Asia Cup. But all those hopes have been extinguished by the awful performance of the side which has seen them fall by the wayside to South Korea and concede a shock 2-4 defeat at the hands of Oman; a side Bangladesh has beat 4-1 and 6-3 in their last two meetings before Monday's match in Malaysia.
The two consecutive defeats have all but shattered Bangladesh's hopes of finishing fifth or sixth and the players will definitely go into the match against India with low morale.
India defeated Bangladesh 5-1 in the World Hockey League (Rd-2) but Pakistani coach Naveed Alam wants his charges to play their natural game against the strong opponents.
Naveed said that his charges had got 15 scoring chances in the last two matches but the forwards could not convert those and he admitted that he had no explanation behind the failure of his strikers.
“Whatever happened in the last two matches, I want the boys to play their natural game against India,” said Naveed adding that the players had not yet gotten used to the comparatively speedy blue turf.