Shuvendu opined this trip to be a ‘very important test’ as they haven’t played against any country from Southeast Asia before.

“The opposition ahead of us is a tough one. As our team has not played against any Southeast Asian team before, so it is a very important test for us to assess our performance against them,” Panda commented after reaching Kuala Lumpur.

The young Indian team has prepared well for the matches. The coach is confident that the team is prepared to give a tough fight.

Panda stated, “We are quite pumped for this exposure trip. We have prepared rigorously before this tour and we hope to showcase our optimum performance.”

Meanwhile, he stated that his team is very charged after seeing the other age groups perform so well.  He further praised AIFF for putting in the rigorous effort towards ‘development of youth players’

“I am very delighted that our boys are currently performing at their optimum level and it is possible due to the efforts provided by AIFF for the development of youth players of our country. I am happy that my team is also a part and parcel of this development chain,” he said.

The India U-19 squad has recently won the OFC Development Tournament in Vanautu. Whereas the U-15 boys are running riot at the SAFF U-15 championship currently.

The U-16 outfit will look forward to maintaining the momentum and emerge victorious in Malaysia.

Credits: AIFF Media

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The Blue Colt, Himanshu Jangra ran the show as he went on to score a hat-trick. His three goals came at 32′, 42′, and 61′.

The other two goals came from Maheson Singh at 39′ and Subho Paul at 45+3′. Bibiano Fernandes made two changes in his lineup where he introduced Himanshu Jangra upfront in place of Sridarth, and Sibajit Singh was replaced by Satvik Sharma in the midfield.

The Blue Colts were dominant since the match commenced, but the Sri Lanka defence held tightly. India attacking midfielder Maheson Singh was on form, giving ample opportunities to striker Jangra.

However, the striker broke the deadlock when Maheson found him with a defence-splitting pass, as Jangra put the ball into the net.

Soon after, Maheson made an excellent effort from outside the box and doubled the lead, before Jangra could complete his brace as he slipped one past the Lanka keeper.

Shubho Paul made it four during injury time of the first half, as he cut in from the left flank and curled it into the net.

Jangra completed his hattrick in the second half when he skipped past a defender to score.

India is set to play their final fixture of the group stage game against Bangladesh, which starts from 3:00 PM tomorrow at the Kalyani Stadium.

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