Dhaka, Sept. 25 -- Spirited Bangladesh U-17 National Football Team will take on Pakistan in the first semifinal match of the SAFF U-17 Championship scheduled to be held at Racecourse ground in Colombo, Sri Lanka today.

The match kicks off at 3.30 pm Bangladesh Standard time. India meets Nepal in the day's second semifinal match that begins at 8 pm (BST).Bangladesh, so far, played a good brand of football in the tournament. They beat Nepal and Sri Lanka by an identical margin of 4-0 to emerge group A champions.

On the other hand, Pakistan beat Bhutan 4-0 in their group opening match, defeated Maldives 5-2 in their second match but lost to defending champions India by 3-2 goals in their last match of the group to finish group B runners-up...