Kathmandu. Nepali forward Meena Deuba scored a hat-trick as Nepal registered a comfortable win over Sri Lanka in their third match of the South Asian Football Confederation (SAFC) U-20 Women’s Championship.

Nepal defeated Sri Lanka 7-0 on goal difference in the match held at the Bashundhara Kings Arena in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, on Tuesday night. The match, which started about an hour and a half later than the scheduled time, saw Nepal score five goals in the first half and add two more goals in the second half.

Meena scored a hat-trick in Nepal’s victory. She completed her hat-trick by scoring in the eighth, 42nd and 70th minutes of the match. Purnima Rai also scored two goals, while Samiksha Magar and Sarita Nath scored one goal each.

With the win, Nepal has collected 6 points from three matches. Bangladesh has 9 points from the same number of matches. Nepal defeated Bhutan 6-1 in the first match. They lost to Bangladesh in the second match. Sri Lanka is winless in the tournament.

Nepal took the lead in the eighth minute of the match. Meena scored the opening goal for Nepal. Then in the 13th minute of the match, Samiksha scored to double Nepal’s lead.

In the 42nd minute of the match, Meena increased Nepal’s lead by scoring her second individual goal. Then Purnima added two more goals in the first half alone.

In the 70th minute of the match, Meena completed her hat-trick by scoring her third individual goal. Then in the first minute of injury time of the second half, Sarita added another goal.