Bangladesh Is The Champion of Bangabandhu Cup 2022 !!
Bangabandhu Cup is an International Kabaddi Tournament organised by Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation in Bangladesh. The second season of this tournament was commenced from 19th March.
Host country & defending champions Bangladesh became the champions after beating Kenya 34-31. National Kabaddi Stadium & Shaheed Noor Hossain National Volleyball Stadium was the venue.
Both the teams are known as strong teams. The match was a neck to neck battle between the teams. But Bangladesh team got it better & defeated Kenya team like they did in season 1 final.
Along with host country & defending champion Bangladesh, countries such as Nepal, Kenya, Srilanka, England, Iraq, Indonesia & Malaysia had participated in this tournament.
Before that in the first semi-final match, season 1 runner-up Kenya thrashed Srilanka 49-29. In the second semi-final match defending champions Bangladesh cruise past Iraq 55-36.
Bangladesh has won this title for the second time. The team is unbeaten at Bangabandhu Cup since its inception in 2021. Kenya team is runner up for the second consecutive time.
The semi-finalists teams Iraq & Srilanka team got the third place. Kenya team raider Victor Obiero won the award of ‘Best Raider of the tournament’.
Bangladesh player Md. Tuhin Tarafder got the prize of ‘Best Defender of the tournament’. Razib Ahamed, Bangladesh player won the prize of ‘Most Valuable Player of the tournament’.