India’s U-17 team laid down the marker with an emphatic 4-1 victory over Nepal in the opening game of the 2023 SAFF U-17 Women’s Championship campaign at the BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium here. 

In the 10th minute, Shilji Shaji got the breakthrough, running on to goalkeeper Khushi’s long cleared ball past a napping Nepal defender and slotting it into the far corner. India hit them with a double blow just a few minutes later. First Shilji scored in the 40th minute and then, barely a minute later, Pooja made it three.