Bangladesh Under-21 hockey team came from a goal down to hold Malaysia to a 2-2 draw in their third Pool B match of the Men鈥檚 Junior Asia Cup 2024 at the Al Amerat Hockey Stadium in Muscat, Oman, on Saturday.
Bangladesh began their campaign with a 3-1 victory over Oman before losing 6-0 to Pakistan in their second encounter.
This was Bangladesh's first point against Malaysia in their three meetings in this competition, following 8-0 and 5-1 losses in 2015 and 2023.
Muhammad Danish Danial gave Malaysia the lead in the second minute of the match through a field goal.
Bangladesh returned to the game in the 27th minute, with Amirul Islam scoring the equaliser from a penalty corner before Rafizul Hasan made it 2-1 courtesy of a field goal in the 36th minute.
Norizam Muhammad restored the parity for Malaysia from the penalty corner in the 40th minute.
In their final pool match today, Bangladesh will play China, who have three points from three matches.
After Saturday鈥檚 draw, Bangladesh's hopes of a semi-final place remained alive as they were in third in the five-team table with four points from three matches.
Malaysia were at the top of the pool with seven points from three matches, followed by Pakistan with six points from two games, while hosts Oman were placed bottom after losing all three matches.
