India started their Tri-nation friendly tournament with a win. Anirudh Thapa scoring the only goal on a night where India were pretty wasteful in front of goal.
More than 30 thousand fans came to the Khuman Lampak stadium in Imphal to watch the Blue Tigers and while they got to see Sunil Chhetri play a full 90 minutes, many of his younger team-mates gave a good showing of themselves in Manipur.