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Indian under-14 girls’ team excelled in the AFC Football Festival for South and Central Asia by winning six matches, losing and drawing once each in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
According to All India Football Federation website www.the-aiff.com, Indian girls suffered their only defeat against Jordan in the April 30 to May 5 tournament, but took sweet revenge by taming them 8-3 in the reverse encounter.
The Indians scored highest number of goals with Tanvi Bhargava producing 10 goals followed by Ronnie Devi, Oshin Chanu and Prerna Praveen who found the net on nine occasions each.
The Indian team earned 21 green cards, the maximum by any side. Green cards were given by taking into account the number of wins, draws and losses, number of goals scored for and against, fairplay points and skill level of players.
The triumphant Indian contingent returned to Delhi on May 6 night.
India’s results:
Beat Bhutan 9-0
Beat Iran 3-1
Beat Bhutan 15-0
Beat Sri Lanka 8-0
Lost to Jordan 0-1
Drew with Iran 0-0
Beat Jordan 8-3
Beat Sri Lanka 6-0
