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The Bangladesh team was confident of victory whether the opponent was Indonesia or not. Bangladesh lost to host Indonesia in the ongoing Asia Cup Hockey in Jakarta today.
Russell Mahmud Jimira lost to Indonesia for the third time in the last three months. Today Bangladesh team has won 4-2.
Russell Mahmud Jimmy, Ashraful Islam, Deen Islam and Pushkar Khisa scored one goal each for Bangladesh. Al Akbar Abdullah and Ardam scored two goals for Indonesia.
Due to this victory, Bangladesh will face Pakistan in the fifth place match of Asia Cup on June 1. Bangladesh has won both the four matches in the Asia Cup.
This victory will also improve Bangladesh's position in the world rankings. Bangladesh, currently ranked 29th, will move up two places to 26th in the next ranking.
Bangladesh has played strongly against Indonesia from the beginning today. In the 13th minute of the match, Russell Mahmud Jimmy's field goal gave Bangladesh the lead. Ashraful Islam made it 2-0 in the 20th minute from the penalty corner.
But in the next minute, Abdullah Al Akbar of Indonesia made the score 2-1. Deen Islam's goal in the 24th minute gave Bangladesh the lead again (3-1). After scoring a goal, Indonesia has repeatedly tried to return to the match.
Indonesia beat Ardam 3-2 in the penalty corner. However, in the 59th minute of the match, Bangladesh left the turf after securing the victory with the goal of Pushkar Khisa.
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