Bangladesh team made a worse start in the six-nation South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) U-19 Championships as they had undergone huge 0-3 goal defeat against their arch-rival India on Thursday afternoon.

In the opening Group B match of the regional youth soccer meet at the Dashrath Stadium in Kathmandu.  Bangladesh U-19 team were went down by 0-2 goal in the first half.

Naoba Meitei Pangamam doubled the Indian margin in the added time of the first half (45+5 minute) to dominate the match (2-0).

Arjun Singh sealed the fate of the match scoring the 3rd goal for India in the 90th minute (3-0).

Bangladesh will play Bhutan in the remaining group match on Saturday (September 23) at the same venue.

Earlier, Bangladesh was placed in Group B of the regional youth meet with their giant neighbor  India and Bhutan

Hosts Nepal, the Maldives and Pakistan put in Group A of the SAFF U-19 Championship '2023 to be held between  September 21-30.

Top two teams from each of the groups will play in the semifinals on September 27 while the final match will be held on September 30.

Bd-pratidin English/Lutful Hoque