SAFF Championship: Nepal will play against Sri Lanka in semis

KATHMANDU: Nepal will play against Sri Lanka under the SAFF Women’s Championship 2019.

Nepal, as the group winner, will play against Sri-Lanka, which is the group runner-up, as per the scheduled. Sri Lanka became the group runner-up after defeating India 5-0.

India dominated Sri-Lanka in the first half. For India, Gracie Dangmei (4′), Sandhya Ranganathan (7′), Indumati Katheresan (36′) and Sangita Basfore (45′) scored the goal.

Similarly, in the 47th minute of the match, Ratan Bala Devi made a goal for India.

Sri Lanka, however, could not score a single goal. Host Nepal will play against Sri Lanka on March 20 whereas India will play against Bangladesh the same day. The final match of the tournament will be played on March 22.