India will take on Pakistan in second match of the tournament as the six times champions look to start their tournament in higher note.
India 1-0 Pakistan(FT)
-14′ Samar(OG)
India- Subrata Paul (GK); Nirmal Chettri, Arnab Kumar Mondal, M. Gouramang Sing, Mehtab Hossain, Lenny Rodrigues, Alwyn Georges, Nallappan Mohanraj, Fracisco Fernandes, Sunil Chettri (C), Je Je Lauekhwa
Pakistan– Yosaf Ejaz Butt (GK), Samar Ishaq (C), Kamran Khan, Md. Ahmed, Md. Adil, Faisal Iqbal, Md. Riaz, Kalim Kullah, Hasain Basir, Zeshan Rehman, Adnan Farooq Ahmed.
The defending champions and most successful team in the SAFF championship start their tournament as they face interesting match at the kick off. The match expects to be promising one as both the team carry great rivalry history from the past.
Pakistan was the first team to land Nepal in the SAFF championship and grabbed some friendlies with aged grouped team. The result remained poor , however we are yet to see them play with the full squad.
The fans will keep an eye on Indian skipper Sunil Chhetri who is in the verge of breaking Baichung Bhutia’s all time goal scoring record in SAFF championship.
Indian captain Sunil Chhetri believes the title defending run would be tough with teams evenly matches fitted in similar group.
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