3rd Bangabandhu Kabbadi Tournament Sri Lanka out of semi-final contention

By Susil Premalal

Sri Lanka lost to Kenya 34-40 in their fifth match of the 3rd Bangabandhu International Invitation Kabbadi Tournament Preliminary Round Group fifth match, held in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
That meant that Sri Lanka were out of contention for the semi-finals, despite winning three of their five matches. Bangladesh, Iraq, Chinese Taipei and Thailand have been qualified for the semi-finals.

Apart from the six-point defeat to Kenya, Sri Lanka also lost to Thailand 32-36, but recorded wins over Malaysia (45-26), Chinese Taipei (41-39) and Indonesia (47-20)