Bangladesh begin campaign tomorrow

Bangladesh hockey team will start their Men's Asian Games qualifiers campaign against Indonesia tomorrow in Bangkok.

The players in red and green left for Bangkok on Wednesday night for the nine-nation qualifiers event, which starts on May 6.

The top six teams will join India, Japan, Malaysia, Korea, Pakistan and China in the 12-team hockey event of Asian Games in China in September.

The charges of Iman Gobinathan Krishnamurthy went through three weeks of training at BKSP and Dhaka before and during the Eid holidays.

"We have had a nice Eid even though we trained in the morning before offering prayers at Baitul Mokarram Mosque," said captain Babu, who will wear the captain's armband for the first time since making debut in 2014.

"We have focused on the Asian Games Qualifiers with a bit change in strategy during the training at BKSP, so that opponents can't understand the way we want to play. Because the participating teams saw us in the AHF Cup in May where we became Champions," said the 25-year-old player.