India, Nepal share honours in first worldwide pleasant

India and hosts Nepal shared the honours 1-1- within the first of the worldwide friendlies at Dasharath Stadium in Kathmandu on Thursday.
Nepal took lead when Anjan Bista struck within the thirty sixth minute of the primary half when he capitalised on the miscommunication between India goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu and defender Chinglensana Singh Konsham. After taking the lead, the hosts performed with intent whereas Indians have been taking part in shadows.
After resumption, India seemed stronger and equalised within the Sixtieth-minute after captain Sunil Chhetri shot from 25 yards may solely be palmed into the six-yard field by by Nepal goalkeeper Kiran Lumbu and Anirudh Thapa latched on the prospect and rattled the online even earlier than Nepal defenders may clear.
In the dying minutes of the sport, the hosts received a few possibilities to attain and submit a uncommon win however Indian defence with out injured Sandesh Jhingan was equally to the duty.
Nepal scorer Anjan, keeper Kiram and Suman Aryal all acquired a yellow card.
Anirudh and Sahal Abdul Samad performed within the midfield whereas Seriton Fernandes and Rahim Ali made their senior India debuts.
The two sides meet once more on Sunday (September 5) within the second worldwide pleasant on the similar venue and will probably be streamed stay on the Indian Football Team Facebook web page (at 5.15 PM IST).
India XI: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (GK); Rahul Bheke, Chinglensana Singh, Shubashish Bose, Akash Mishra (Seriton Fernandes 46′); Suresh Singh Wangjam (Lalengmawia 63′), Glan Martins (Rahim Ali 46′), Brandon Fernandes (Anirudh Thapa 46′); Liston Colaco (Sahal Abdul Samad 46′), Manvir Singh, Sunil Chhetri (C) (Bipin Singh 70′)
Nepal: Kiran Kumar Limbu, Deep Karki, Bishal Shrestha, Bikesh Kuthu, Ananta Tamang, Dinesh Rajbanshi, Gautam Shrestha, Rohit Chand, Suman Aryal, Rajan Gurung, Kamal Thapa, Ayush Ghalan, Bishal Rai, Nitin Thapa, Pujan Uperkoti, Santosh Tamang, Sujal Shrestha, Sunil Bal, Suraj Jeu Thakuri, Tej Tamang, Aashish Lama, Anjan Bista, Manish Dangi, Nawayug Shrestha, Suman Lama