Sreenidi Deccan settles for draw against Inter Kashi at I-League

K Prasanth opened the scoring for the visitors in the 17th minute, but David Castaneda equalised in the 48th minute

HYDERABAD: Sreenidi Deccan FC settled for a two-all draw against Inter Kashi in the 19th round of the I-League football championship at Deccan Arena here on Wednesday.

K Prasanth opened the scoring for the visitors in the 17th minute, but David Castaneda equalised in the 48th minute.

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The Deccan Warriors then took the lead through Brandon Vanlalremdika in the 72nd minute, but soon, the visitors responded with a late equalizer from Bidyashagar Singh in the 91st minute.

Assistant coach Ishant Singh made one change to his starting eleven, bringing in Lalnuntluanga in place of Lanchungnunga.

The visitors controlled the game from the outset and took the lead in the 17th minute when Prasanth K tapped in a cross from the right flank.

Despite continued pressure from the Deccan Warriors, the first half ended 0-1 in favor of the visitors.

The home team scored the equalizer just three minutes after the restart. Lalromawia’s cross from the right was met perfectly by David inside the box, whose header found the back of the net. The relentless attacking play of the Deccan Warriors was rewarded again in the 72nd minute when Brandon Vanlalremdika glanced in a header off Abhishek Ambekar’s throw-in to put his team in the lead.

In an evenly contested final quarter of an hour, both teams pushed hard for the next goal. It was in the first minute of additional time that the visitors equalized through Bidyashagar Singh. Moments later, Eli Sabia headed the ball into the back of the net from a corner, but his goal was disallowed, and the match ended in a 2-2 draw.