The India U-16 national team played out an impressive 1-1 draw against the UAE U-17 national team in their second and final friendly match organized by the All India Football Federation ahead of their AFC U-16 Championship Qualifiers campaign in Kuwait from Saturday.

The UAE U-17 team had recently won the Gulf Cup Championships while the Indian squad comprises of All India Football Federation’s Kolkata Regional Academy U-15 boys. The same squad had won the SAFF U-16 Championship in Kathmandu in July.

Bedashwor Singh scored in the 38th minute of the match to put India in the lead.

Head Coach Goutam Ghosh said: “This is a good result for the boys. I am happy with the way they played and stuck to the philosophy. Ahead of the AFC Qualifiers, the two matches were very helpful.”

The boys mauled Sharjah Sports Club 4-0 in their previous match on Friday [+ read more].

The colts move to Kuwait City to play in the AFC U-16 Championship Qualifiers starting from September 21. India U-16 play Tajikistan U-16 in the first match on the opening day.

(Report & Picture courtesy AIFF Media)