Tue, 30 Nov, -0001
Colombo: India and Iran are head-to-head in standings after the second Matchday of the AFC U-14 Girls Regional Championship for the South and Central region in the Sri Lankan capital on Wednesday.
Both teams are now sitting on six points from two matches with only a single-goal difference favouring the Iranian girls separating them as they look forward to their third Matchday outings on Thursday.
Iranians Sana Sadeghy scored a goal while Fatemeh Ghasemi scored a brace, her third and fourth goals, the highest by a player in the tournament so far, as they beat hosts Sri Lanka 3-0 on Wednesday.
India meanwhile thrashed Bangladesh 5-1 through the work of Daya Devi Heigrujam, Kashmina, Anline Sharmila Fernandes, Soni Kumari and Roja Devi Asem.
In the other match of the day, Tajikistan tamed Bhutan 2-1 with Mavjuda Safarova and Munisa Mirzoeva scoring for the Tajikistanis while Tshering Yangden gained the consolation goal for Bhutan.
The next match-ups are between Iran and Bhutan, Tajikistan and Bangladesh and Sri Lanka and India.