Bangladesh Crush Kazakhstan 5–1 in Hockey Asia Cup 2025

In the Bangladesh vs Kazakhstan Hockey Asia Cup 2025. Bangladesh delivered a dominant performance against Kazakhstan in the Hockey Asia Cup 2025 , sealing a 5–1 victory with goals from Ashraful Islam , Roman Sarkar , and Tayab Ali . Nevertheless, Despite a late strike by Altynbek Aitkaliyev , Kazakhstan struggled to keep pace .

The match started at a decent pace , with both Bangladesh and Kazakhstan testing each other early on .

Nonetheless, In the 10th minute , Bangladesh earned a penalty corner and made the most of it as Islam Ashraful converted to give his team the lead .

The rest of the quarter saw no major breakthroughs , and it ended with Bangladesh ahead 1-0 .

The second quarter began at a steady pace , with Kazakhstan earning a penalty corner in the 20th minute but failing to capitalize .

Just three minutes later , Bangladesh were awarded a penalty stroke , and Islam Ashraful calmly converted to double up their lead .

Consequently, in the 27th minute , Bangladesh earned another penalty corner but couldn’t make it count .

However , a minute later , Roman Sarkar struck in the 28th minute to further extend the advantage . Nevertheless , The quarter ended with Bangladesh steadfastly in control , leading 3-0 .

Furthermore, Bangladesh continued their ascendency early on in the 3rd quarter. In the 33rd minute of the arc, they converted a penalty corner as Roman Sarkar scored his 2nd goal.

Nevertheless, just a minute later, Tayab Ali struck in the 34th minute to make it 5–0 for Bangladesh.

Kazakhstan pulled one backrest in the 38th minute through Altynbek Aitkaliyev , giving them some hope . Four minutes later , Kazakhstan earned a penalty corner in the 42nd minute but couldn’t convert .

The quarter concluded with Bangladesh maintaining a strong 5–1 lead .

In the final quarter, Bangladesh earned a penalty corner in the 49th minute but failed to convert. Kazakhstan’s frustrations grew as Nurym Karikul was shown a yellow card in the 57th minute.

With no further goals added, the match ended with Bangladesh securing a convincing 5–1 victory over Kazakhstan.

Bangladesh will battle for 5th position against Japan while Kazakhstan will go against Chine Taipei for 7th and 8th rank

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