Jamshedpur, Sept 13: Several close misses notwithstanding, India TFA White (ITW) played a mature game to blank an inexperienced Bangladesh 3-0 in the league encounter of the under-19 JRD Tata Cup international invitation football tournament here today. The Indian side, led by forward Gourmangi Singh, surged ahead 2-0 at the breather with Vanlal Rova and Gurjinder Singh being the scorers.
Crossing over, they added one more to their tally when Malswama found the target.
Rova drew first blood displaying fine opportunism as he chipped the ball into the net following a throw from defender H R Mondal.
ITW kept up the pressure and increased the margin within three minutes when defender Gurjinder Singh converted a penalty.
The Nepalese referee Surendra Sikhrakar awarded the set piece after Bangla custodian Khaled Mohammad Azam roughly tackled forward Marlanki suiting as he sped dangerously towards the Bangla goal.
After the lemon break, the Indian side further intensified the attack as the visitors miserably failed in the midfield and found themselves caught in a web of mispasses off and on.
The third goal came in the 52nd mintue when Medio Malswama banged the ball towards the Bangla goal from close, and the ball went in after getting deflected of Bangla stopper Shaik Shamimur Rahaman who wanted to clear.
Bureau Report