Kathmandu, Oct. 12 -- Nepal had a win and a draw in six of the matches at the SAFF U17 Women's Championship, which was played in a double round-robin format between four teams, in Bhutan in August.

The win and draw had come against the hosts, while Nepal suffered 0-7 and 0-5 defeats to India, and 0-3 and 1-4 loss to Bangladesh. They had a 2-1 win and a 1-1 draw against Bhutan in the South Asian tournament.

The results were not in favour of the youngsters; neither were the comments on their performance by Nepali football fans as the country finished third in the league structure.

Meanwhile, less than two months later, as the 23-member squad, with three changes compared to the SAFF event, headed to Thailand on Friday midnight for the Asi...