India Vs Nepal Highlights, SAFF U-19 Women's Championship 2026: Young Tigresses Open Campaign With Victory

Welcome, football fans! This is the start of our live blog covering India U17’s match against Nepal U19 in the SAFF U-19 Women's Championship. Stay tuned for pre-match updates and line-ups as they are released.

The match kicks off at 02:45 pm IST. The India vs Nepal, SAFF U19 Championship 2026 match will be live-streamed on the Sportzworkz YouTube Channel in India. The match will not be televised on any TV channel in the country.

Julan Nongmaithem continues as captain and Munni starts on goal.  Here is the line-up that Pamela Conti is going with for India's face-off with Nepal:

The two teams have walked out to the pitch after warming up. It is time now for the national anthems: first India's, then Nepal's. Kick-off to follow soon after.

It's time! The match gets underway at the Pokhara Rangasala Stadium. India kicking from right to left and Nepal from left to right in the first half.

India are the one who are building up the play with short passes and often reaching the edge of the Nepal penalty box. They have also tried to open up the goal with through passes but haven't been able to nail the timing. Nepal fall back to structure.

India are utlising the right wing so far for the build up of attack and from the right wing arrives a cross which Alva Senjam fails to get a clean connection on. She lands the header but it came off miscued and goes wide of the post. She was free and should have kept it on target.

Nepali player is getting some medical attention after a collision on the field. We are 37 minutes into the game and no team has been able to take a lead yet as the score line says 0-0.

That's the whistle and with it the stoppage comes to an end. Both set of players are going back to the dug out and the score line is still at 0-0 as no team has been able to take a lead so far.

India go ahead early in the second half and Nepal concede. Some sloppy defending from the hosts. India wins back the ball and puts in a cut back which gets slotted in by Pearl Fernandes. India have played good football so far and the goal is the reward of their performance.

India keep the pressure on Nepal's goal as they keep shining attacks. This time a battle for possession sees India come out on top and the through ball beats both the goalkeeper and the defenders to go beyond the goalline. There was no Indian forward to tap it in. Nepal feeling the pressure.

Nepal gets a free kick from a good position, but the delivery inside the box is easily cleared by the Indian defenders. India hold on to the lead and with minutes remaining in the regulation time, they can sense a victory here. Although the final minutes will require a good defensive performance from the young tigresses.

A comfortable victory for India in the end. Although they won only by a margin of 1-0, Nepal created only occasional chances while India held most of the possession. They also effectively pressed the Nepal midfielders in the middle to keep the ball and stitched short passes to build up attack. The right wing was mostly functional for India and created the goal too. A good victory to open the campaign for Pamela Conti's side and they will take confidence from this game.