Bangladesh women’s hockey team played out to an exciting 5-5 goal draw with Chinese Taipei in their opening group match of
Women’s Asian Games Qualifying Hockey held in Jakarta, Indonesia 23 april.

In the proceeding, Bangladesh captain Orpita Paul scored hat-trick with three goals in the 10th, 17th and 44th minutes while she was well supported by Airin Riya and Kona Akter who scored one goal each in the 8th and 40th
minutes respectively.

Bangladesh, which pitted in Group A along with Chinese Taipei, Uzbekistan and Hong Kong, will play against Uzbekistan 24 april and Hong Kong on Sunday (April 26).

The top four teams from the qualifiers will earn places in the final round of the Asian Games, scheduled to be held in Japan in September.