Kathmandu
In Football, India defeated Bangladesh by 2-1 in the final of SAFF Under-18 Championship 2019 to lift the title in Kathmandu today.
From the beginning, India played aggressively and Vikram Pratap Singh did not take much time to hand India a 1-0 lead. Singh scored in the second minute of the game.
Before the conclusion of the first half, Bangladesh’s Yeasin managed to score an equaliser in 40th minute which brought the scoreline to 1-1.
In the second half, both the teams gave each other tough competition and restricted each other from scoring a goal.
However, within first minute of injury time, Ravi Bahadur Rana scored second and decisive goal for India to lift the third edition of the tournament.
India’s Ninthoinganba Meetei was declared Most Valuable Player of the championship. This is India’s maiden SAFF U-18 trophy. India remained runners up in 2015 and finished third in 2017. Host Nepal had lifted earlier two editions of the Championship but could not qualify for semi finals this time.