Striker Saraban Tohura and defender Shamsunnahar Jr scored a hattrick each as Bangladesh trounced Iran 8-1 in their second match of the Jockey CGI Youth Football Tournament in Hong Kong yesterday.

The Mogini sisters, Anai and Anuching, shared the other two goals for the girls in red and green, who are 44 places behind the Iranians in women's FIFA rankings.

Tohura started the rout in the very first minute and completed her hattrick within the half-hour mark before Anai scored the fourth. Shamsunnahar scored the fifth in the final minute of the first half and completed her hattrick 23 minutes after the break while Anuching got herself on the scoresheet on the 77th minute. Iran scored a consolation goal in stoppage time of the second half.

Coach Golam Rabbani Choton was quite content with the team's performance. “I am very pleased with our overall performance and certainly the two results. I am looking forward to the final game against Hong Kong,” he said after the match.

“I am very happy for scoring in all the matches. We will give our full effort in the last match against Hong Kong and clinch the title for Bangladesh,” said Tohura.

A draw in their last match against the hosts would see Bangladesh emerge champions in this four-nation invitational tournament.

Bangladesh and Hong Kong have six points each from two games, but Bangladesh have a goal difference of 16 against Hong Kong's 2.

Bangladesh started their campaign with a 10-1 win over Malaysia on Friday.