Bangladesh eyes on medals from the kabaddi and swimming competitions of the 15th Asian Games slated for December 1-15 in Doha.

At Monday's flag-raising ceremony, Bangladesh chef de mission Kutubuddin Aksir told Xinhua that they send a 100-member contingent for Asia's biggest sports carnival, and kabaddi will be the biggest medal hope among the 12 sports they will compete in.

"Of course we are confident of winning a medal from kabaddi," said Aksir. "Swimming is our second strong sport and hopefully we could win medals. We also hope to win medals from shooting competitions."

The Bangladeshi contingent consists of 23 officials and 77 athletes, who will compete in 12 sports of athletics, swimming, shooting, soccer, hockey, kabaddi, weightlifting, chess, billiard, judo, taekwondo and golf.

Bangladesh, who made its debut in the eighth Asian Games in Bangkok in 1978, is strong in kabaddi and won the silver in the last Asian Games in Busan, South Korea.

Bangladesh also reaped successes in shooting and swimming and its hockey team is ranked seventh in Asia.