Bangladesh began their Hero Asian Champions Trophy campaign with a 13-0 defeat to hosts India at the Olympian Surjit Singh Hockey Stadium in Punjab on Tuesday. The men in red and green conceded more than 10 goals against India for the third consecutive match. They lost 10-0 at the Asian Games in Japan last September and 12-0 at the 2023 Asian Games in China. The 13-0 defeat was the heaviest of the three.
India opened the scoring in the second minute and ended the first quarter with a 4-0 lead. They added two more goals before the break to lead 6-0 at half-time. The five-time champions struck three times in the third quarter and added four more in the final quarter to complete the rout. Mandeep Singh scored a hat-trick.
The defeat was the third consecutive match in which Bangladesh conceded more than 10 goals against India. The pattern began with the 12-0 loss at the 2023 Asian Games in China and continued with the 10-0 defeat at the Asian Games in Japan last September.
