His first season with the Oranges saw him only score twice in the league, however, after the appointment of coach Kazi Salahuddin, Badal's performances improved.

[3] On 8 February 1987, Badal made his debut for the Bangladesh national team against Thailand in the President's Gold Cup held in Dhaka.

During the match while his team were down by two goals he scored in the 83rd minute from a Monir Hossain Manu cross initiating Bangladesh's comeback.

[4] Badal's performances in his debut tournament earned him a place in coach Abdur Rahim's team for the 1987 South Asian Games.

[2] With the Bangladesh U19 team he played one out of the two 1988 AFC Youth Championship qualifying matches against North Korea U19, coming on as a substitute in the first leag which ended 0–0.