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India U-18 Defeat Maldives To Reach Final Of SAFF Championship

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The Indian football team hammered Maldives 4-0 to storm into the final of the SAFF U-18 Championship in Kathmandu on Friday.

Narender Gahlot (7th), Manvir Singh (79th) and Ninthoinganba Meetei (81st) found the target for India while Maldives' Ahnaf Rasheedh (45'+1') scored an own goal on the stroke of half time to make it an emphatic victory for India.

India now play Bangladesh in the summit clash on Sunday.

India looked to attack from the start and reaped the reward early on, when centre-back Narender, who had impressed for the senior team in the Intercontinental Cup, rose the highest and headed the ball past the keeper into the net.