Nepal registered their second win in the AFC Women's Asia Cup Qualifiers by beating Sri Lanka 8-0 on Wednesday. Nepal took the lead with the help of Geeta Rana's goal in the seventh minute. By the time the referee signaled the end of the first half, the lead was 4 goals.

Savitra Bhandari should be thanked for this. She scored a hat-trick. This is the second consecutive hat-trick of Savitra, the new captain of Nepali team. 

Savitra was given the captaincy only in the first match of the qualifiers against Laos. After defeating Sri Lanka on Wednesday, the same Savitra said, 'Today's victory was excellent in itself. I want to thank all my players for this. Savitra scored her first individual goal in the 20th minute.

Nepal was ahead by two goals. She scored the second goal in the 42nd minute. Her hat-trick would have been completed sooner if the match had been recognized by Savitra's goal from a free kick in the 36th minute. His response was, 'I don't know why that goal was not recognized. I could not understand the referee's decision very well.'

However, Savitra completed the hat-trick by scoring in the first minute of injury time of the first half. It was his 64th international goal for Nepal. Patrick de Wilde, the head coach of the Nepali team, said, "This victory was really good. If we solve the internal problems within the team, we can achieve more.'

De Wilde made only one change from the game against Laos. Preeti Rai was given a chance to replace Saru Limbu. The whole match was under Nepal's control. Anjana Ranagamar, who was tasked with the goal post, rarely got a chance to touch the ball. On the other hand, Sri Lankan goalkeeper Sakura Sewandi Shubhasingha remained extremely busy. 

If he had not saved anything, Nepal's margin of victory would have been bigger. In the second half, Geeta scored a personal second goal from the penalty spot. After Nisha Thokar added a goal in the 62nd minute and Rekha Paudel in the 78th minute, Nepal was ahead by 7 goals. Savitra's further response was, "We practiced aggressive football with set pieces and we are getting the results." Pooja Rana scored the eighth goal of the game. It was possible in the 88th minute. At that time, Nepal was limited to 10 players. Because Preeti Rai was forced to leave the game with an injury. As Nepal has already used 5 substitutes, one player had to play the remaining time.