India beat Kuwait 5-4 in penalties after the match ended 1-1 in regulation time to clinch their ninth SAFF Championship title. Alkhaldi opened the scoring for Kuwait but Lallianzuala Chhangte found the all-important equaliser. In the penalty shootout, Udanta Singh missed one penalty for India while Abdullah hit the post for Kuwait. The match went into sudden death and it was Gurpreet Singh Sandhu who saved the penalty from Hajiah to clinch the win. Mahesh Naorem scored but a diving Sandhu saved Kuwait captain Khaled Hajiah's shot to the wild celebration of the home fans and at the India dug out.
India beats Kuwait to lift the #SAFFChampionship2023
— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) July 4, 2023
Congratulations to the Indian Football Team for the incredible win & making every Indian proud. pic.twitter.com/PliYi0ZTEL
India clinched SAFF Championships title for the ninth time at Bangaluru on Tuesday.
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