: India beats Bangladesh 5-2 to emerge SAFF U20 Champions #IndiaNEWS #Football Bhubaneswar: Striker Gurkirat Singh scored four goals including a hat-trick, while Himanshu Jangra scored the another

India beats Bangladesh 5-2 to emerge SAFF U20 Champions #IndiaNEWS #Football
Bhubaneswar: Striker Gurkirat Singh scored four goals including a hat-trick, while Himanshu Jangra scored the another as India U20 routed Bangladesh U20 5-2 in the final to emerge champions in the SAFF U20 Championship after extra time at the Kalinga Stadium, here on Friday.
Both teams were locked 1-1 at the interval, and 2-2 after completion of regulation time. Gurkirat scored in the 1st, 60th, 94th and the 99th minutes respectively, while Himanshu scored in the 92nd minute. For Bangladesh, Rajon Howladar and Shahin Mia scored in the 44th and 48th minutes.
The intent was positive, and despite the Indians creating chances all throughout, they stayed guilty of being a bit complacent wasting quite a few. Rival goalkeeper Md. Asif also made it difficult for the blue colts on certain occasions. Some timely substitutions from Head Coach Shanmugam Venkatesh also aided the teams plan.
Drama unfolded right after kick-off as India U20 were awarded a penalty within 20 seconds. Himanshu Jangra collected a long pass from the right, sidestepped his marker and unleashed a long ranger which rival goalkeeper Md Asif managed to block diving low to his right.
Gurkirat lurking around was faster to react to the rebound. Asif, in his desperate attempt to keep Gurkirat off, brought the Indian striker down inside the box. Gurkirat gleefully converted from the spot to put India into an early lead.
Not willing to surrender the early lead, and also not willing to sit back and defend all throughout slowly but steadily Indias attacking prowess created quite a few chances. But they werent able to take advantage.
In the 21st minute, rival defender Shahin Mia exceptionally timed his tackle to deny Himanshu from getting into the box. Four minutes later, Gurkirat being chased by the entire defence deftly stopped it at the edge of the box, and spotting Asif out of his line, tried to lob it. But it went over.
The lead should have been doubled in the 32nd minute in what was the easiest chance of the half. But even as Gurkirat cut in from the right, and despite being unchallenged and all in the clear, he failed to slot home. Taison Singh also missed by a whisker in the 43rd minute.
The curse of missing chances hit India hard as Bangladesh restored parity at the stroke of interval Rajon Howladars shot evading the jungle of legs and bulging the net.
Changing over, Bangladesh took the lead within three minutes. Amandeep mistimed his clearance off a harmless free-kick and it fell to Shain Mia whose rasper hit the post, and rolled in.
The first substitution for India came in the 57th minute Tankadhar Bag coming in for Maheson Singh and a series of chances fell Indias way thereafter.

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