After flicking home Miguel Ferreira’s corner from an unmarked position inside the box to draw Bashundhara Kings level in their Bangladesh 2.0 Challenge Cup fixture against Mohammedan at the Bashundhara Kings Arena last night, Topu Barman made a shushing gesture to the crowd as if he was celebrating in front of opposition fans.

Bangladesh national team’s key players Topu Barman, Anisur Rahman Zico and Sheikh Morsalin are likely to be not considered for the two World Cup prequalifying matches against Maldives later this month.

Despite putting up poor performances in recent past, Bangladesh showed a bit of improvement and created the hope of holding their superior Lebanon but defensive errors from Tariq Kazi and debutant Isa Faisal caused the downfall of the team.

Bangladesh centre-back Topu Barman, who is missing the Asian Cup Qualifiers due to a long-term injury, was impressed with the positive performance of the team against Turkmenistan in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.