India-Bangladesh earlier faced each other in the U-19 women's SAFF final. Many incidents happened in the final of Dhaka's Kamalapur! The final was filled with controversy and excitement, and the two teams had to share the trophy. However, the U-16 women's SAFF final trophy held in Nepal has not been shared. After the match was tied 1-1 at the scheduled time, Bangladesh girls won the title by defeating India 3-2 in the tiebreaker.
Bangladesh girls entered the final by winning all the three matches of the first phase. They defeated finalists India 3-1 in the first leg. Before entering the field in the final, therefore, on paper and in terms of confidence, the red-green representatives were ahead of India. However, as soon as the match started, the confidence of Bangladesh was lost.
India took the lead in the fourth minute of the match at the ANFA Stadium in Lalitpur, Kathmandu. Forward Anushka Kumari entered the empty D-box after taking a long pass from Indian midfielder Bonifilia Shullai from midfield. There the incident happened before the defenders of the Bangladesh team returned to their position. Anushka hit the target with a left foot angled shot without giving the Bangladesh goalkeeper any chance.
Bangladesh were desperate to get back to parity and India made several attempts to increase the goal difference but neither team could create the same chances. However, Bangladesh girls got a great chance at the end of the first half. In the 42nd minute, Fatema Akhter's free-kick went straight to the goal. However, the Indian goalkeeper Munni cleared the ball with two attempts from the tangled situation. In the end no more chances were created and the first half ended with a 1-0 score line.
Bangladesh began to increase the pressure on India from the beginning of the second half. India continues to play on the back foot even from the front. With that opportunity, Bangladesh got the desired equalizing goal from the corner in the 70th minute. Bangladesh's Marion Binte Hanna sent the ball into India's net with the first attempt after receiving the ball from Beethi's corner.
As no other team found the net at the scheduled time of the match, the match was decided on a tiebreaker. Kamalapur U-19 Women's SAFF Final came back to the memory of the audience. Unable to find a solution to the tiebreaker, the match officials on the day of the toss, later canceled it again and declared the two teams joint winners.
Bangladesh's Suravi Akand Preeti missed the first shot in the tiebreaker in the under-16 final today. Team captain Elena scored from India's first shot. Another miss for Bangladesh is Ankhir. However, goalkeeper Yarjan Begum gave Bangladesh the title by stopping three of the opponent's five shots.