It was a tough night for the Indian Football team in their joint qualifier for the AFC Asian Cup 2023 and FIFA World Cup 2022, against neighbouring country Bangladesh.
The Blue Tigers were totally pumped up before the game and performed well throughout the match but could not bring three points to the country which they were aiming from before.
Skipper Saad Uddin of Bangladesh brought one point to his team in the very first half of the match and put huge pressure on the Indian team.
41' Bangladesh open the scoring against the run of play.
Saad Uddin heads it in from a set-piece from the left wing.🇮🇳 0-1 🇧🇩#INDBAN ⚔ #WCQ 🏆 #BackTheBlue 💙 #BlueTigers 🐯 #IndianFootball ⚽
— Indian Football Team (@IndianFootball) October 15, 2019
While most of the time the ball was in Indian possession, the Blue Team, even after putting extraordinary effort, could not break through the safe play of opposing country. Even the charm of Talismanic player Sunil Chhetri did not work well. It was until the last two minutes of the match when Indian Centre-back Adil Khan shot a header against Bangladesh bringing the score to 1-1 picking a single point for the team. This is the second match of team India that ended in a draw.
FULL TIME!
A tightly fought encounter comes to an end as both sides head back into the tunnel on level terms.
🇮🇳 1-1 🇧🇩#INDBAN ⚔ #WCQ 🏆 #BackTheBlue 💙 #BlueTigers 🐯 #IndianFootball ⚽ pic.twitter.com/SqmlQEIqTJ
— Indian Football Team (@IndianFootball) October 15, 2019
India, Bangladesh play out a draw in World Cup Qualifer.
Read 👉🏽 https://t.co/a5SANReQiV#INDBAN ⚔️ #WCQ 🏆 #BackTheBlue 💙 #IndianFootball ⚽️ pic.twitter.com/ROFD4Ixgrd
— Indian Football Team (@IndianFootball) October 15, 2019
The match was held in the home ground at Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Stadium, Kolkata and was the third qualifier match played by the Indian Football Team. India currently ranks at the fourth position in Group E of the joint qualifiers.
Sunil Chhetri led team will be next playing against Afghanistan in November.
