The Bangladesh outfit will play against local favourites Mohun Bagan Super Giant, in the very first match of the tournament on Wednesday, August 03, 2023. The squad is being coached by Abdur Razaa. Meanwhile, Nepal’s Tribhuvan Army Football Club landed in Guwahati to participate in the tournament.
The 42-member squad is headed by Lt. Col. Basanta Raj Gurung (Retd) and will be captained by seasoned international Nawayug Shrestha, who has eight career goals for Nepal in 43 internationals.
The squad was airlifted by an Indian Air Force plane from their base in Nepal and brought to Guwahati, from there they will move to Kokrajhar to play their first game at the newly built SAI stadium, against newly promoted I-League (Indian second division) side Delhi FC on August 09, 2023.
Tribhuvan find themselves in Group E, alongside strong Indian Super League (ISL) sides Hyderabad FC and Chennaiyin FC, besides Delhi FC. The winners of each of the six groups of this year’s Durand Cup go through to the last eight along with two best second-placed sides.
The Bangladesh Army Football team has a squad strength of 42 and is captained by Nurul Haque Shuvo. They were flown to Kolkata after being picked up by an Indian Air Force C 130 from Dhaka.
They find themselves in a tough group along with another local giant Emami East Bengal and newly promoted Indian Super League (ISL) side Roundglass Punjab FC. What might work in their favour is that conditions and the buzz and noise from the stands might be similar to that of home and the fact that they play all their group games on the 3rd, 6th and 10th of August at the same Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan (VYBK) venue.
They also have a strong squad of professional footballers, primarily eight of them including the likes of Mehedi Hasan Mithu, Kamrul Islam and Minhaj Abedin Ballu, on loan from their recent Federation Cup champions Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting.
You can watch the LIVE coverage of the 132nd Durand Cup 2023 on the Sony Sports Ten 2 channels as well as livestream on SonyLIV . The scheduled kick-off is at 5.45pm Indian Standard Time (IST).
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