Bimal Gharti Magar to miss India friendly because of hamstring injury

Nepalese U19 team’s skipper Bimal Gharti Magar might sit out of the International friendly as the player is suffering from Hamstring injury.

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When Nepal U19 played India U19 in final, Bimal could not play whole of the 90 minutes due to fatigue. He was brought off 5minutes prior to the end the move nearly cost Nepal dear. Bimal went off to be replaced by Dinesh, who later handled the ball to result the equaliser penalty. Nepal won the tournament and no further talks on that decisio to change him was made. But the forward had to go through series of physiotherapy sessions later that day.

According to the officials, Bimal is set to be rested so that the hamstring injury which is minor wont be extended further. The striker has left for India with three other teammates of U19 team. Namely, Anjan Bista,Ananta Tamang and Bishwas Shrestha. Head coach Patrick Aussems will be watching this game before he takes over from September.