India beat Pakistan 3-1 to enter SAFF Cup final
Dhaka, Sep 12: Striker Manvir Singh scored twice as 10-man defending champions India got past arch-rivals Pakistan 3-1 to enter the football final of the SAFF Cup at the Bangabandhu Stadium here on Wednesday.
After a goalless first-half, Manvir scored his first in the 49th minute only to double the score-line twenty minutes later.
Substitute Sumit Passi sealed the fate of the match in the 83rd minute.
For Pakistan, Hassan Bashir reduced the margin in the 88th minute.
India will now meet Maldives, which made short work of Nepal 3-0 in the first semi-final, in the summit clash on Saturday.
The first goal came off a counter-attack. Ashique Kuruniyan ran past everyone down the left and unleashed a low cross which was gleefully tapped in by Manvir to set the Indian fans berserk.
Lalliazuala Chhangte who replaced Nikhil Poojary in the 68th minute made an immediate impact as India doubled the lead.
The substitute made a run down the middle of the pitch, sidestepped two defenders and passed it to Vinit Rai.
The midfielder on turn rolled it to Manvir who blasted it home from top of the box.
However, following a challenge, Manvir was substituted as Stephen Constantine brought in Passi.
The former AIFF Academy cadet took less than a minute to join the party as he found the target in the 83rd. Ashique, the architect of the first goal, made an identical run down the flank to deliver it for Passi who headed home clinically.
However, India received a blow as Chhangte was given marching orders for an off the ball offence on Mohsin Ali. Mohsin was also red-carded for his challenge.
Earlier, India had the first opportunity of the game in the 10th minute itself but that time Manvir wasn't able to connect Ashique's perfect cross.
Pakistan goalkeeper Yusuf Butt also came up with some spectacular saves to keep the Indians at bay in the first-half - the most notable being his save to deny Subhashish Bose's volley off an Anirudh Thapa corner.
India survived a scare in the 39th minute when Pakistan earned an indirect free-kick at the edge of the 6-yard box but Goalkeeper Vishal Kaith came up with back to back saves.
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Class V student in TN thrashed by cook, assistant for demanding egg
Tiruvannamalai (Tamil Nadu), Apr 4 (PTI): A nutritious meal cook and another person were arrested by the police on Friday for thrashing a class V student with broom, here, after the child demanded egg, the state government said.
A video of the purported incident has gone viral, where the boy is seen being beaten up with a broom by the two.
Social Welfare and Women Rights Minister, P Geetha Jeevan, made it clear the Stalin-led government will not tolerate any act of violence against children.
In a social media update, Jeevan said the incident happened at a primary school in Polur union in the district where the cook Lakshmi and an assistant, Muniammal "beat up a student who asked for an egg as part of the nutritious meal."
They were suspended on April 3 and later, criminal action was initiated against them and the two were arrested, she said.
A state government release said an enquiry was initiated following the viral video and after departmental action, the two women were booked under relevant sections of BNS and the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 and subsequently arrested.
திருவண்ணாமலை அரசு துவக்க பள்ளியில் சத்துணவு போடும்போது முட்டையை கேட்ட மாணவனை துடைப்பு கட்டையில் அடிக்கும் சத்துணவு ஊழியர்.... தயவு செய்து நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க வேண்டும். @Anbil_Mahesh pic.twitter.com/p51p12jkeb
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