India Vs Jamaica Highlights, Unity Cup 2026: Blue Tigers Come Undone As Reggae Boyz Win At The Valley

The match will kick off at 12am IST on Thursday. All the games of the Unity Cup are being played at The Valley, home of Charlton Athletic FC.

“We have selected players who performed well in the ISL,” said Jamil in the press conference on Monday. “Based on that, we will continue to build the team. Whoever performs well gets selected.”

The last time the Blue Tigers played in the UK was in 2002, also against Jamaica, when the sides met twice in friendly matches in Watford and Wolverhampton.

• Goalkeepers: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Hrithik Tiwari, Albino Gomes.

• Defenders: Rahul Bheke, Nikhil Barla, Nikhil Poojary, Roshan Singh Naorem, Sandesh Jhingan, Akash Mishra, Bijoy Varghese, Pramveer.

• Midfielders: Jeakson Singh Thounaojam, Macarton Nickson, Noufal PN, Ricky Shabong.

• Forwards: Ryan Williams, Edmund Lalrindika, Lallianzuala Chhangte, Mohammed Sanan, Rahim Ali, Farukh Choudhary, Vikram Partap Singh.

How to Watch Live Telecast? 

The match will not be broadcasted on any television channel in India.

How To Watch Live Streaming?

Live streaming of the match can be watched on the FanCode app and website

Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (gk), Rahul Bheke (c), Naorem Roshan Singh, Sandesh Jhingan, Akash Mishra, Lallianzuala Chhangte, Jeakson Singh, Ryan Williams, Farukh Choudhary, Edmund Lalrindika, Nikhil Poojary.

National anthems being played of both the countries ahead of the kick-off.

Away we go! Jamaica gets the proceedings underway at The Valley in London! The Reggae Boyz will attack from right to left against India, wearing their blue.

India 0-0 Jamaica 1'

As usual, Jamaica are having the ball and India are sitting deep and looking to break on the counter. Sparse crowd inside the Valley with some Indian fans.

India 0-0 Jamaica 4'

Courtney Clarke has given Jamaica the lead in this game. What a superb goal this is! Clarke is given ample of space and the attacker makes no mistake as he puts it past Gurpreet Singh Sandhu.

India 0-1 Jamaica 8'

IND are on the backfoot and it seems like the Reggae Boyz are teasing the Men In Blue. Jamaica need one good ball over the top and that will hurt India. India are chasing the ball and that's not what they expected in this start.

India 0-1 Jamaica 12'

Tonight's match is officiated by EPL referee Darren England, who has refereed many Premier League games.

India 0-1 Jamaica 14'

Apart from the long throw, India has offered zero goal threat up front with Jamaica having to do nothing at the back. India are so far panicked at the back and Ryan Williams is the lone man up top chasing the ball.

India 0-1 Jamaica 20'

India waste the set-piece opportunity with Farukh sending in the cross and ends up wasting it. No Indian player gets to the end of it and it goes out for a throw. Shorter throw but nothing doing with JAM now breaking for a counter. Nikhil Poojari does well to thwart a Jamaica cross that broke from the counter.

India 0-1 Jamaica 29'

Blue Tigers need some energy in the middle of the park. Ten minutes before we hit the HT at the Valley. Ryan Williams is wasted up front and Khalid Jamil needs to sort that out at the break.

India 0-1 Jamaica 35'

Jamaica ending first half on top with some pressure as Blue Tigers look to thwart wave of attacks from the Reggae Boyz. India are sitting so deep that Jamaica are playing way ahead of their box.

India 0-1 Jamaica 42'

Apart from the opening exchanges, the game was pretty passive. India conceded yet again as Courtney Clarke scored from outside the box. The Blue Tigers hardly threatened with Reggae Boyz finishing the half strongly. Khalid Jamil needs to strategize if they are to bring parity in the second half.

IND 0-1 JAM

We are away for the second half at the Valley. Meanwhile, Edmund has made way for forward Rahim Ali.

India 0-1 Jamaica 46'

Sandesh Jhingan goes in a reckless challenge and ref England does not take time to show him the yellow card. Fans inside the stadium, probably the Indian lot, boo the ref's decision.

India 0-1 Jamaica 56'

Uh-oh! Bad news this for India as Ryan Williams is not walking properly, led by a physio, and has signalled for a substitution. On comes PN Noufal for the Bengaluru FC forward.

India 0-1 Jamaica 59'

JAM are under some pressure and this is for the first time, we have said this. Blue Tigers win a free-kick at a distance and Chhangte drives one from long range but finds the wall and wins a corner.

India 0-1 Jamaica 64'

Jhingan is kept busy at the back by the Jamaican attack, constantly finding himself at the centre of action with the defender having to be careful with the former one yellow away from red.

India 0-1 Jamaica 69'

Khalid Jamil going for the juggular as he looks to get that one elusive goal for the Blue Tigers as we see Vikram Partap Singh getting ready to come on.

India 0-1 Jamaica 75'

It’s Dixon scores the goal and it's done and dusted for the Blue Tigers. He plays his club football on this very ground and what way to do it, albeit with his international team.

India 0-2 Jamaica 78'

That was some goal from Dixon! The Charlton Athletic player, weaves his magic in the Indian penalty box as he twists and turns and shoots past Akash Mishra as the ball finds the bottom-left corner as the forward celebrates with his fans.

India 0-2 Jamaica 81'

Noufal has been brought off after little over 20 mins. Vikram comes on. Ricky Shabong also comes on. Some weird sub tactic employed by Jamil.

India 0-2 Jamaica 82'

India have been under-cooked and under-performed against Jamaica. The Reggae Boyz have not been up to the mark but the Blue Tigers have hardly troubled them this game.

India 0-2 Jamaica 87'

Three mins added on before putting India out of their misery at The Valley.

India 0-2 Jamaica 90+1'

All over at The Valley as ref Darren England blows the whistle with Blue Tigers going 0-2 to Jamaica. Goals from Dixon and Courtney Clarke settled the contest for the Reggae Boyz against India, who came close to squaring but only for the offside flag to go up. The Blue Tigers next face Zimbabwe for the third-place spot.

India 0-2 Jamaica