Second-half substitute Suhail Ahmed Bhat struck the target in the 79th minute from Taison Singh's cross as India's U-16 football team earned a 1-0 victory over their counterparts from UAE in Dubai. Suhail, who came off the bench and scored the decisive goal on Sunday night, dedicated his goal to his "teammates". This was his first international goal wearing the India jersey.

"I'm very happy to have scored my first international goal. I would like to dedicate this goal to my teammates. It was a result of pure team effort and nothing else," the young attacker said. Although the hosts pushed hard from the word go, Indian defenders kept them at bay. After the game resumed in the second half, India went on the offensive and scored in the 79th minute. Suhail, who replaced Himanshu Jangra in the 55th minute, almost breached the opponent defence on the hour mark but his shot missed the target narrowly.