Defending champions Bangladesh stormed into the semifinals of the fourth edition of the Bangabandhu Cup International Kabaddi tournament beating Poland 79-28 in the second match of the day held at the Shaheed Suhrawardy Indoor Stadium, Mirpur on Thursday.
The hosts with four straight wins in as many matches have eight points atop Pool A and will face Nepal today in their last encounter at 6 pm.
The group championship will be decided after this encounter. Nepal with six points in three matches and Indonesia who has four in three matches are the other contenders for the remaining four slots from the group. Both teams will take the court later today.
However, it was another facile victory for Bangladesh as Poland had no answer against the raid and defence of Arduzzaman Munshi and Co. who arrived as the runaway winners.
Bangladesh wore their second choice ash and white outfit to avoid Poland's red but the winning spirit was the same. The total of seven loans three in the first and four in the second half was enough to prove the one-way affair.
It is also the biggest point haul for the hosts in this edition. Almost 90 per cent of Polish points were earned from the bonus section with no touch or catches.
Skipper Arduzzaman Munshi again led from the front with 25 points and was adjudged Man of the Match. Razib Ahmed inserted 15 points for his team on the scoreboard.
Earlier in the first match of the day, Nepal registered their third successive win against South Korea by 67-45 points with four creditable lonas held at the same venue.
The winners led the first half by 35-22 points.
Nepal's Ghansham Roga Magar continued his prolific form in the tournament as he was named the player of the match for his impressive performance in the match.
The Himalayan Kingdom side will play their next match against Indonesia this afternoon at the same venue.
