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China mission for hockey team

Sports Reporter
A 16-member Bangladesh hockey team leaves today to Kuala Lumpur with a mission to beat China in the eight-nation sixth Men's Asia Cup to be held from September 21 -28.
"Our only target is to beat China to ensure sixth place which will confirm our berth in the World Cup qualifying round," team leader Shamsul Bari told The Daily Star Sport yesterday after his boys made a courtesy call on the State Minister for Youth and Sports Fazlur Rahman.
Bangladesh have enjoyed mixed results against their Chinese rivals.
The last time both sides met China won 3-2 at the 14th Asian Games in Busan. In other matches Bangladesh managed a 1-1 draw in the last Asia Cup also in Malaysia. They earned a 2-2 in the second edition but lost 1-0 in the first-ever
meet and were crushed 6-0 in the third.
Coach Abdur Razzak and captain Musha Miah also expressed a similar view and added they wanted to earn a respectable result against mighty India and Pakistan.
Bangladesh have been penciled in Group B along with India, Pakistan and China while the Group A comprises Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and hosts Malaysia.
According to team coach Razzak he said SK Bangus of India, who conducted the residential camp at the BKSP, designed a plan that will bring the best out of the players in the biggest regional tournament.
"His rigid training schedule and detailed game plans for the tournament we believe will help us to earn good results," Razzaksaid.
Although the team will miss the services of disgraced ace midfielder Mahbub Ehsan Rana now serving a
life ban, the Bangladesh team leader was very confident that Faruque Ahmed and Rahul Kanti Roy are quite capable of filling Rana's shoes.
"The boys are also not lacking match practice since they joined the camp just after the league ended last month," the team coach added.
Team: Russel Khan, Mahabu-bullah Chowdhury, Issa Miah, Shamsuddin Ahmed, Hedayetul Islam Khan, Shahidullah Khokon, Faruque Ahmed, Musa Miah (captain), Shahidullah Titoo (vicecaptain), Mirajul Ahsan, Rahul Kanti Roy, Ashraful Islam, Zahidul Islam, Ariful Haq Prince, Russel Mahmud and Moududur Rahman.
Officials: Shamsul Bari (team leader), Abdur Rashid Sikdar (manager), Alamgir Kabir (manager, admin), Abdur Razzak (coach), Mirja Farid Ahmed (technical official).
BANGLADESH MATCHES
Sep 21: Pakistan v Bangladesh
Sep23: India v Bangladesh
Sep 24: Bangladesh v China