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16 Feb 2020, 22:26 GMT+10
New Delhi [India], Feb 16 (ANI): India U17 women's team played out a 3-3 draw against Romania in a friendly match that took place at Turkler, Turkey on Sunday.
Mariyammal Balamurugan scored a brace for India, with Sumati Kumari scoring the third goal for head coach Thomas Dennerby's team.
The first half began with both teams battling it out to seize the initiative, with Sumati asking a lot of questions of the Romanian defence.
In the 15th minute, she raced into the penalty area but was denied by a last-second interception.
A similar opportunity cropped up in the 27th minutes after she latched on to a through-pass from Anju but saw her effort being blocked.
The opening goal for India finally came in the 40th minute, with Mariyammal breaking the deadlock. Anju found Sumati in the penalty area, who flicked it to Mariyammal -- who made no mistake with the finish.
However, at the stroke of half-time, Borodi Adina equalised for Romania by converting a cross from the wings.
The second half saw India push for the go-ahead goal and in the 57th minute, Mariyammal added another to her tally. Sunita Munda put in a grounded cross from the right flank and Mariyammal was on hand to slot the ball into the bottom-right corner of the net.
Just six minutes later, Sunita turned provider yet again -- this time for Sumati -- putting in another centre from the right, which was tapped home.
India continued to move the ball in the Romanian final third but in the 78th minute, Romania pulled one goal back through a direct free-kick taken by Mirea Roxana.
With seven minutes to go Romania scored through Borodi Adina, who headed in the equaliser. The match ended with the scoreline reading 3-3.
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