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Bangladesh won their hat-trick title of the prestigious Bangabandhu Cup International Kabaddi tournament beating Chinese Taipei 42-28 in the final held on Tuesday at the Shaheed Noor Hossain National Volleyball Stadium in the city.
Bangladesh won their first title in the first edition of the tournament in 2021 and successfully retained the title for two consecutive editions.
The first edition had seen five teams competing, with the second one involving eight teams in 2022 and this year, there were 12 teams.
It can be mentioned that Bangladesh have never tasted defeat in all three editions.
However, Chinese Taipei offered some strong challenges from the very beginning with their agility and fitness and it was a neck-to-neck fight in the initial minutes. Chinese Taipei led the initial minutes and in the sixth minute, the score line was tied 6-6.
Bangladesh took the lead for the first time in the 11th minute with a scoreline of 8-7. Bangladesh earned three lonas in the final and the first one was inflicted in the 15th minute. A fine raid by inspiring skipper Tuhin Tarafder saw two Taipei players ousted consequentially ending in the first lona. Bangladesh finished the first half leading 20-14.
After the change of ends, the hosts continued their onslaught and it was Tuhin who carried the flag again. He managed to get past the two existing Taipei players resulting in the second lona of the match. Bangladesh started to fire all cylinders from that moment and the margin of points started to get bigger.
