India defeated Australia 5-4 in a nail-biting penalty shootout to reclaim their third Sultan of Johor Cup crown, breaking their five-year-old title jinx right here on Saturday. The groups had been degree at 1-1 after regulation time within the title encounter. Within the shootout, each groups ended with 3-3 scoreline, forcing the match into sudden dying.
Uttam Singh scored twice within the shootout, together with in sudden dying, whereas Vishnukant Singh, Ankit Pal, Sudeep Chirmako additionally sounded the board for India. For Australia, Burns Cooper, Foster Brodee, Brooks Joshua and Hart Liam entered their names on the scoresheet.
It was Sudeep, who drew the primary blood when he scored a discipline objective within the thirteenth minute however Jack Hollad produced the equaliser within the twenty eighth minute as the 2 groups completed the regulation time at 1-1.
The Indians have gained the age group event twice — 2013 and 2014 — and completed second greatest 4 instances in 2012, 2015, 2018 and the final version of the occasion in 2019. The event was not held in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.