Dipayan Goldar made a brilliant raid in the last moment to help hosts Bangladesh kabaddi team go 2-1 up in the five-match kabaddi series against Nepal with a hard-fought 42-37 points victory in the third match at the Paltan Ground yesterday.

Bangladesh, who had comprehensively beaten the visitors in the first match before losing the second one, were close to facing another defeat against an improving Nepal side.

The visitors even once took the lead in the second half despite trailing the first half by 20-17 points.

With both teams toppling each other as the clock ticked down, Dipayan brought five crucial points from two raids including a 'lona', which eventually made the difference in the last moment, not allowing Nepal to recover from that deficit.

"Nepal are a really good with captain Ghanshyam Raka Magar, who is a brilliant player. None of our players can be compared to him, so we made mistakes because it was tough to catch him," Dipayan said after the match, adding that they lost the previous match due to mistakes of defenders and raiders.

"We are hundred percent hopeful about winning the rest of the matches. However, we will improve and earn experience with more international matches that we play in future," added man-of-the-match Goldar.