Forward Mosammat Sagorika struck a double and Munki Akhter scored once as Bangladesh began their title defence of the SAFF U-19 Women’s Championship with a 3-1 victory over Nepal at Birshreshtha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur, Dhaka, yesterday.

Bangladesh Under-19 women’s team registered their second straight win beating Pakistan by 36 runs at the Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium in Cox’s Bazar on Saturday in a tri-nation series fixture also involving Sri Lanka.