BHUBANESWAR 29-Aug-2007 71
A 19-member Orissa women’s football squad, led by international striker Pinki Bompal Magar, returned home tonight after winning a three-match friendly series 2-0 against Bangladesh earlier this week.
Orissa won their two matches at Chittaganj and Narayanganj by 2-0 and 4-0 respectively. The third and last match ended in a 1-1 draw at Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka. Three more ties of the six-match series were cancelled due to political tension leading to curfu in many places of the country. The tour was an exchange programme, which started with Bangladesh women’s team playing a series of seven friendly match in Orissa last year.
ORISSA SQUAD: Pinki Bompal Magar (capt), Sasmita Mallick (vice-capt), Alochana Senapati, Suprava Samal, Ashrita Kisan, Sanjukta Tirkey, Sangita Roy, Bijoy Laxmi Sahu, Rashmita Patra, Reshma Begum, Gitanjali Khuntia, Sradhanjali Sahu, Gayatri Mallick, Prasanti Pradhan, Mohua Das, Jhili Munda, Sunita Majhi, Sukumati Laguri, Anita Mundu.
Coach: Mohammad Shahid Jabbar, Assistant coach: Birendra Mahanta; Officials: Mohammad Ayub Khan, Bebajyoti Mukherjee, Pratima Rani Mishra, Sangita Sharma.
