India 1-0 Bangladesh football HIGHLIGHTS, Asian Games: Sunil Chhetri scores as India beats Bangladesh to keep R-16 qualification hopes alive

Skipper Chhetri helps India to collect all three points and keeps the Blue Tigers’ hopes alive in the competition. But that’s the end of the road for Bangladesh though

Timely challenge from Lalchungnunga to stop Rafiqul from making a dangerous run inside the box. That looked offside but the linesman did not raise the flag, surprising the Indian defense

Four added minutes

Corner for India. Short corner taken as Lalchungnunga sends a quick cross towards Narender inside the box but the latter fails to keep it on target

Indian skipper Chhetri to take the penalty. And HE SLOTS IT PAST MARMA! INDIA LEADS! Marma dived the right way but Chhetri’s shot was too good for him to stop as he could only look as the ball went past him

Jony is booked for arguing with the referee

PENALTY!! Bangladesh captain with a mindless tackle inside the box on Bryce! Huge moment for the Blue Tigers!

Rahul KP gives away a free kick as he brings Ahmed down near the halfway line. Rabiul takes it and changes line of play as he gives it to Fahim on the right flank. But two defenders converge to clear the ball away

WHAT A SAVE FROM DHEERAJ! Jony got the ball inside the box and progressed deept into the box and tries to finish but Dheeraj puts his body on the line to block it

Counter from Bangladesh straightaway on the right side but immediate controbution from Narender keeps Bangladesh at bay

OUT: Chinglensana IN: Narender; OUT: Ayush IN: Barretto

Quick throw in from Bangladesh as that builds up as an attack on the left. Sakil takes it forward but Jhingan marks him to perfection

Jhingan concedes a corner. Rabiul serves it inside the box and it is cleared by Jhingan. Lalchungnunga and Murad challenge for the ball and the latter falls down at the faintest of touches from the Indian. Pretty exaggerated show there and the referee feels the same, just a throw in for Bangladesh

Ayush and Bryce teamup on the left flank as they progress into the final thrid. Ayush sends in a low-kept cross inside the box towards Chhetri but Murad intercepts and clears

Free kick for India as Bryce is fouled. Kynshi will take the kick. HIS SHOT RATTLES THE POST! Kynshi went for the goal from a long way out, Marma dives to his right and gets a finger to it as the ball crashes on to the crossbar

An hour into the game and it stays goalless. India badly needs a breakthrough as this is a do-or-die fixture. A loss here will bring curtains to the Blue Tigers’ Asian Games campaign

Reza does well to physically overpower Jhinghan on the left. He sends one inside the box towards Fahim but Lalchungnunga comes up with a timely interception

A defensive howler from India that forces Dheeraj gets completely exposed but he does well to recover and send it out for a Bangladesh corner. Rabiul takes it but nothing comes off it

OUT: Amarjit IN: Kynshi ;OUT: Rohit Danu IN: Gurkirat Singh

Jony finds Rabiul at the edge of the box. The latter tries to find the top corner but his shot takes a deflection off Chinglensana and goes out for a corner. Rabiul takes it. Badly worked corner as the ball goes outside the box. Rabiul gets it back on the left channel but is caught offside

Wonderful long ball from from Rohit towards Rahul on the right flank. The latter sends in a cross in an attempt to find Chhetri inside the box but the ball travels faster than expected and straight to Marma

CHANCE!! Rahul KP misses the trajectory of the cross that came inside the box as he heads it the other way. Anjukandan collects on the rebound and tries goes for glory but fails to keep it on target. Rahul KP should’ve done better!

Bangladesh gets the ball rolling as the second half gets underway. No Changes from either side

And that’s the end of the first 45 minutes. The game stays goalless despite India’s desparate attempts at goal, thanks to Bangladesh goalkeeper Mitul Marma, who made three saves in quick succession

Commotion inside the box! Three attempts at goal from India is fended off! First it was Chhetri, then it was Rahul KP close quarters and the final one by Anjukandan. Superb show from Marma!

Three added minutes

Ahmed is down and in pain as he runs into Amarjit as he completed a pass. The medical team rushes in to attend but it doesn’t look like a serious injury

Another setpiece situation for India as Rahmat gets the timing wrong on a challenge on Bryce. Free kick for India. Looks like Rohit will take it. He sends it a curler towards Jhingan but it goes directly to Marma. Not a bad attempt at all

Corner for India as Rahmat deflects Rohit’s cross attempt. Bryce himself will take it. Goes long towards Chinglensana, whose headed effort is cleared away. Jhingan and a few others ask for a handball but the referee thinks otherwise

Faysal clips Rohit and he falls down but the referee only awards a throw in for India. A couple of Indians protest against the decision but it stays

Free kick for Bangladesh as Bryce pushes Rahmat down near the halfway line. Rahmat himself takes the kick, tries to find someone inside the box but he overcooks the kick as it goes out for a goal kick

Wonderful run from Bryce as he eludes two Bangladeshi players to find Rohit further to his left. The latter serves one in but Jony intercepts and clears

Rabiul takes the kick. A setpiece situation. But it doesn’t matter as the serve is below par, nowhere near the box

Free kick for Bangladesh as Lalchungnunga falters with a challenge on Fahim. He is let go with a verbal warning

Superb run from Fahim as he takes control inside the box. He cuts past a defender and shoots but the shoot is too weak to test Dheeraj as he grabs it with ease

Dheeraj’s proactive moves keeps the game goalless! Hasan sent a superb lofted ball towards an unmarked Rahmat but Dheeraj came out of the box to clear it. Throw in for Bangladesh

Yellow card for Jayed Ahmed for a rash tackle on Bryce Miranda. Ahmed should consider himself lucky as this could’ve been a potential red card situation

Fahim gives a tricky through ball towards Jony, with just Jhingan marking him. Jony tries to capitalise on the situation but Jhingan is just too good for him as he clears it with ease

Anjukandan, from the right, sends in a cross towards Chhetri. The latter tries to head it in but is marked to perfection. Bryce gets it on the rebound, shoots, blocked again. Rohit collects it at the edge of the box, shoots, but is blocked again. Dangerous couple of attacks from India

Rahmat with a throw in for Bangladesh. Gets the ball back from Hasan quickly and sends in a searching cross inside the box only for Jhingan to clear it away with a clean header

Timely challenge from Murad to stop Bryce from dictating terms on the left flank

Superb defending from Jhingan, Reza was running towards a through ball with just Dheeraj between him and a breakthrough. But Jhingan came up with an excellent challenge to keep the Bangladesh man at bay

Bryce changes the line of play and takes it deep on the right flank. He sends in a dangerous cross towards Chhetri inside the box. The latter tries to head it past Marma but fails to keep it on target. Chance missed!

Danu to Rahul KP at the edge of the box, the latter tricks two defenders and sends the ball between the two towards Chhetri inside the box, but it is cleared with a bit of struggle. Corner for India

Bryce, from the left sends a tricky cross in towards Chhetri inside the box. The ball gets slightly deflected by Rahmat Mia but Marma manages to grab it before Chhetri could do anything

Another free kick for India as Hasan gets his tackle wrong on Ayush Chhetri, who skipped past him with a couple of quick moves

Free kick for India as Danu is clipped by Jayed in the middle. A long ball goes inside the box but there’s no one to recieve it

Both the sides are constantly dispossessed as they fight for ball control in the middle

India attacks straight away as Bryce Miranda initiates an attack on the left flank. Crosses it into the box but Marma intercepts and grabs the ball

Stimac has tweaked the starting lineup a bit. Gurmeet Singh, who recieved a yellow card last game, has been replaced by Dheeraj Singh. The two other changes are Rohit Danu in for Rahim Ali and Chingelsena Singh in for Sumit Rathi

The players have made their way into the middle and it is now time for national anthems. India’s anthem plays first.

A must-win fixture for both the sides since they’ve lost their respective opening games.

Igor Stimac’s India suffered a crushing 1-5 defeat against China in its campaign opener while Bangladesh also had to endure a gruelling 0-1 loss against Myanmar.

India: Dheeraj Singh, Lalchungnunga, Chinglensana Singh, Sandesh Jhingan, Ayush Chhetri, Amarjit Singh Kiyam, Rahul KP, Sunil Chhetri, Bryce Miranda, Abdul Anjukandan, Rohit Danu

Bangladesh: Mitul Marma, Mojibor Rahman Jony, Hasan Murad, Md Ridoy, Rabiul Hasan, Suman Reza, Foysal Ahmed Fahim, Isa Faysal, Jayed Ahmed, Rahmat Mia, Sakil Hossain

Matches: 35

India: 18

Bangladesh: 5

Draw: 12

India: L-L-L-W-D

Bangladesh: D-D-L-W-L

Even just a month before the Asian Games, when the All India Football Federation (AIFF) announced a strong squad for the tournament, it was hard to envisage the Indian men’s team’s chances of going all the way here in Hangzhou.

But with a ‘third or fourth choice’ team’ in his own words, head coach Igor Stimac has his task cut out to get the team out of the group stages and into the knockouts.

In the opening 1-5 defeat to China, Stimac had only 17 players – five players were yet to fly out to Hangzhou – to choose from, which included three goalkeepers.

And, among the five, only Narender Gahlot, Gurkirat Singh and Aniket Jadhav are expected to join the group in the early hours of the matchday.

Despite the depleted squad, India will be expected to overcome Bangladesh and Myanmar in its next two group outings, starting with a match against the former at the Xiaoshan Sports Centre stadium on Thursday.

Bangladesh suffered a 0-1 loss to Myanmar on the opening day.

Stimac will take positives from several new faces including Gurmeet Singh, Lalchungnunga, Ayush Dev Chhetri, Sumit Rathi, Bryce Miranda and Abdul Anjukandan experiencing international football on a big stage. While Gurmeet had five goals against his name, he could come away with some credit with the number of saves he made in the game, his debut for team India.

Winger Rahul KP scored a goal to pull India level at half-time for a team which was put together in the eleventh hour.

-Aashin Prasad

Where and when is the Asian Games match between India and Bangladesh happening?

The match between India and Bangladesh will be played in the Xiaoshan Sports Center Stadium in Hangzhou on September 21, Thursday at 1:30 pm IST.

Where can I watch the Asian Games match between India and Bangladesh?

The game will be telecasted on Sony Sports Network and can be live streamed on SonyLiv app/website.