Players of the Bangladesh women’s team were upbeat yesterday on their rest day, riding the high of their tremendous 3-1 win over five-time champions India in their final group-stage match of SAFF Women’s Championship in Nepal on Wednesday.

Under pressure following a listless 1-1 draw against Pakistan in their first match and destabilised by the talk of rift between the coach and senior players becoming public, Bangladesh couldn’t have come up with a better response than their 3-1 win against five-time SAFF Women’s Championship winners India in their final Group A fixture at the Dasharath Stadium in Kathmandu yesterday.