India lost to Bahrain in an international friendly by 2-1 at the Sh. Ali Bin Mohamed Stadium in Manama City on Wednesday.
For Bahrain, Mohqmed Hardan in 37’ and Mahdi Humaidan in 88’ scored the goals while for India Rahul Bheke in 59’ scored.
5 players made their international debuts today. Head Coach Igor Stimac named VP Suhair and Danish Farooq in the starting line-up, Naorem Roshan Singh, Aniket Jadhav and Anwar Ali came on as second-half substitutes.
Gurpreet Singh Sandhu saved a penalty in the early minutes of the match.
India next play Belarus in another international friendly on March 26.
INDIA: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (captain); Pritam Kotal (Anwar Ali – 90+3 – international debut), Rahul Bheke, Sandesh Jhingan, Subhasish Bose; Manvir Singh, Danish Farooq (international debut) (Yasir Mohammad – 79th), Pronay Halder, VP Suhair (international debut) (Anirudh Thapa – 56th), Liston Colaco (Roshan Singh – 46th – international debut), Rahim Ali (Aniket Jadhav – 79th).
Picture Courtesy: AIFF Media
