SAFF Championship

FT Wednesday, September 5, 2018
Sri Lanka LLLDW 0
–
India LWWLW 2
1st2ndT
SRI000
IND022

Match Report

AIFF

Wingers Lallianzuala Chhangte, Ashique Kuruniyan shine for India in SAFF opener vs Sri Lanka

Notwithstanding the weak opposition, Chhangte and Kuruniyan's performance suggested they could help India plug the holes in their senior team.

Full story at ESPN →

Lineups

IND

  1. 23Vishal KaithG
  2. 3Mohammad Sajid DhotD
  3. 16Sarthak GoluiD
  4. 1Subashish BoseD
  5. 2Salam Ranjan SinghD
  6. 15Anirudh ThapaM
  7. 7Lallianzuala ChhangteM
  8. 28Germanpreet SinghM
  9. 24Ashique KuruniyanM
  10. 9Sumeet PassiF
  11. 11Farukh ChoudharyF

SRI

  1. 1Sujan PereraG
  2. Charitha RatnayakeD
  3. 15Subash MadhushanD
  4. Yogendra Duckson PuslasD
  5. Anuruddha WarakagodaD
  6. 13Kavindu IshanM
  7. 20Chameera Chameera KumaraM
  8. Afeel MohamedM
  9. Ashikur RahmanM
  10. 14Mohamed RifnasM
  11. 9Mohammad FasalF

Timeline

  1. 17' Sarthak Golui (India) Yellow Card at 17'
  2. 25' Ashikur Rahman (Sri Lanka) Yellow Card at 25'
  3. 34' Sujan Perera (Sri Lanka) Yellow Card at 34'
  4. 35' Ashique Kuruniyan (India) Goal at 35'
  5. 37' Kavindu Ishan (Sri Lanka) Yellow Card at 37'
  6. 40' Nicholus Harsha Fernando (Sri Lanka) Substitution at 40'
  7. 45' Asela Madushan (Sri Lanka) Substitution at 45'
  8. 47' Lallianzuala Chhangte (India) Goal at 47'
  9. 53' Ashique Kuruniyan (India) Yellow Card at 53'
  10. 57' Nikhil Poojari (India) Substitution at 57'
  11. 61' Anuruddha Warakagoda (Sri Lanka) Yellow Card at 61'
  12. 70' Manvir Singh (India) Substitution at 70'
  13. 78' Vinit Rai (India) Substitution at 78'
  14. 80' Sasanka Jayasekara (Sri Lanka) Substitution at 80'

SAFF Championship News

All news
ESPN Gabriel Tan 'Best thing I've done': Hamza Choudhury reflects on first year representing Bangladesh It's been a year since Hamza Choudhury first represented Bangladesh. He believes it's the best thing he's done. ESPN ESPN Staff Jeakson Singh calls for peace after wearing 'Manipur flag' in 2023 SAFF Championship celebrations Jeakson had draped himself in the Flag of Kangleipak (Salai Taret flag), a seven-coloured flag representing the seven clan dynasties of the Meitei ethnicity of Ancient Manipur after the game. Video SAFF Highlights - India vs Nepal SAFF Highlights - India vs Nepal Video Chhetri's hat-trick floors Pakistan (Courtesy: FanCode) India beat Pakistan 4-0 in their SAFF Cup