Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 29 (ANI): The Bangladesh Army Football Team, one of many two international groups to participate within the 132nd Durand Cup, arrived within the metropolis with a heat welcome from their hosts. The Bangladesh staff are in Group A, which will probably be performed in Kolkata and are available up towards native favourites Mohun Bagan Super Giant, within the very first match of the match on Wednesday, August 3, 2023. The squad is being coached by Abdur Razaak.
The Bangladesh Army Football staff has a squad energy of 42 and is captained by Nurul Haque Shuvo. They had been flown to Kolkata after being picked up by an Indian Air Force C-130 from Dhaka.
They discover themselves in a tricky group together with one other native big Emami East Bengal and newly promoted Indian Super League (ISL) aspect Roundglass Punjab FC. What would possibly work of their favour is that circumstances and the excitement and noise from the stands could be much like that of house and the truth that they play all their group video games on the third, sixth and tenth of August on the identical Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan (VYBK) venue.
They even have a robust squad {of professional} footballers, primarily eight of them together with the likes of Mehedi Hasan Mithu, Kamrul Islam and Minhaj Abedin Ballu, on mortgage from their current Federation Cup champions Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting.
The 132nd Durand Cup 2023 will be watched stay on the Sony Sports Ten 2 channels in addition to stay stream on SonyLIV. The scheduled kick-off is at 5.45 pm Indian Standard Time (IST). (ANI)