Dhaka, Dec 13: India avenged their last edition title loss as they prevailed over Maldives 3-1 via penalty shootout in the SAFF Championships summit clash to claim their fifth crown here today.
After the match failed to produce any goal in the regulation and extra times, the match was decided in the penalty shoot out.
For India, who fielded an Under-23 side, Jibbon Singh, Denzil Franco and Subodh Kumar scored while Nirmal Chhetri missed the target.
Only Fazeel Ibrahim found the target for Maldives while Ahmed Thoriq, Makhuthar Naseer and star striker Ali Ashfaq failed to score.
India, who pocketed USD 50,000, had earlier won the title of the regional tournament in 1993, 1997, 1999 and 2005.
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