Shillong, Aug 26: Meghalaya have reached the final of the U-15 boys’ Subroto Cup 2024 after they defeated Bangladesh 2-1 in the semifinal round in Bangalore today.
Today Marc R Marak (36’P) and Prosperwell Ryntong (58’) scored for Meghalaya and Nafid (43’) for Bangladesh.
Meghalaya are being represented in the U-15 boys’ category by Nongjri Presbyterian Secondary School of Ri-Bhoi, which won the state-level Subroto Cup last month.
Meghalaya won all their Group B matches, starting with a 6-0 victory against Sri Lanka, then making it 7-0 versus ISSO and 8-0 over Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu. Chanjib had scored hat-tricks in each of these games.
Another team in the same group, Madhya Pradesh, were disqualified.
Meghalaya then beat Army Boys Company 2-0 in the quarterfinals yesterday.
Meghalaya will play Uttar Pradesh in the final on Wednesday at 4:30PM.
(Photo contributed)