India, who rested experienced central defender Sandesh Jhingan, went into an arrear in the 37th minute, but came back strongly within six minutes to level the score through Ashique Kuruniyan. While dishing out a decent show in the midfield, Igor Stimac’s boys made some intelligent moves on both the wings, but couldn’t break the defensive shackles of the rivals.
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INDIA: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu – Roshan Singh (68′ Harmanjot Singh Khabra), Anwar Ali, Narender, Akash Mishra – Anirudh Thapa, Jeakson Singh, Sahal Abdul Samad (68′ Yasir Mohammad) – Liston Colaco, Ashique Kuruniyan (68′ Rahul KP) – Sunil Chhetri (77′ Ishan Pandita)