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Summary of the 9 tournaments in which Nepal beat India : India, a close neighboring country, is Nepal’s main competitor in many sports competitions. Nepal and India should continue to compete with each other in many sports competitions at the South Asian and Asian continental levels. India is 46 times larger than Nepal in population and 22 times larger in geography. India is ahead of Nepal in terms of physical infrastructure, structure, and service facilities in sports. That is why India has overtaken Nepal in sports like cricket, football, and volleyball। However, Nepal has excelled in many games against India। Nepal lost the Kava Women’s Nations League last time on Saturday। Nepal has beaten India nine times in three major sports: cricket, football, and volleyball। Summary of the game in which Nepal beat India:
South Asian Games 1993 Football
Nepal defeated India for the first time in football at the 1993 South Asian Games. On December 26, 1993, Nepal won the gold by defeating India in the final match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh. After Umesh Pradhan and Mani Shah from Nepal and Tejendra Kumar and IM Vijayan from India scored goals at the scheduled time, the match was decided by a penalty shootout. Nepal won the gold by beating India 4-3 in the penalty shootout. Nepal’s Rajesh Manandhar, Rajukaji Shakya, Mani Shah, and Vasantraj Gurung scored a penalty.
South Asian Games 2006, U-23 Football
On August 26, 2006, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Nepal defeated India 2-0 in the third-place match of the South Asian Games. On behalf of Nepal, Jumanu Rai scored the fourth goal, and Pradeep Maharjan in the 13th minute. At that time, Nepal’s under-23 team competed against India’s under-20 team.
SAFF Championship 2013
The home team Nepal defeated India in the group stage of the SAFF Championship 2013. On September 5, 2013, Nepal defeated India by 2-1 in a match at Dasharath Stadium in Kathmandu. Anil Gurung scored in the 70th minute and Jumanu Rai in the 81st minute in Nepal’s victory. Syed Rehman Nabi scored the consolation goal for India in extra time.
SAFF U-19 Championship 2015
Nepal won the title by defeating India in the final of the SAFF U-19 Championship held from 20-29 August 2015 at the Dasharath Stadium. The match between Nepal and India was tied 1-1 at the scheduled time. Tej Tamang gave Nepal the lead in the 32nd minute of the first half. In the 85th minute, Shahbaz Khan scored a penalty to bring India back to a 1-1 draw. The match went to a penalty shootout after no goals were scored in extra time. Nepal won the title by losing 5-4 on penalties. Hemant Thapamgar, Sunil Bal, Biswas Shrestha, Dona Thapa, and Anant Tamang scored in the penalty shootout.
South Asian Games Football U-23, 2016
In 2016, Nepal won gold by defeating India in the final of the South Asian Games Football U-23 in Guwahati. Nepal made an excellent comeback in the game from a 1-0 deficit in the first half. India took the lead in the game through a penalty in the 30th minute. In the 65th minute of the second half, Prakash Budhathoki scored to bring Nepal back to a 1-1 draw. Navyug Shrestha scored a goal in the 70th minute and gave Nepal the lead. That was decisive in Nepal’s victory.
U-19 Asia Cup Cricket, 2017
Nepal defeated India by 19 runs in the ACC U-19 Asia Cup 2017 on November 12. That is the only match in cricket where Nepal defeated India. After losing the toss at Malaysia’s Biomass Oval, Nepal was invited to bat first and scored 185 runs losing 8 wickets in 50 overs. Dipendra Singh Airi scored 88 with 6 fours and 2 sixes in 101 balls, Jitendra Thakuri scored 36 runs, Anil Shah and Rohit Paudel scored 6 runs each. Chasing a winning target of 186 runs, India were bowled out for 166 runs from 97-2. Captain Dipendra took 4 wickets, and Pawan Saraf and Sahab Alam took 2 each. Sandeep Lamichhane and Kamal Singh Airi took 1 wicket each. Nepal’s senior team played for the first time in the 2023 Asia Cup but was defeated by 10 wickets.
SAFF Women’s Championship-2022
In the 2022 SAFF Women’s Championship, Nepal defeated India by 1-0 in the semi-final match at its home ground, Dashrath Stadium. Rashmikumari Ghising scored in the extra time (46th) minute of the first half. That goal was decisive in Nepal’s historic victory. Despite defeating India in the semi-finals, Nepal lost 3-1 to Bangladesh in the final.
SAFF U-17 Championship 2022
2022 SAFF U-17 Nepal defeated India 3-1 in the group stage in Colombo in the first week of September. Nepal’s Saroj Darlami, Yunish Budhathoki and Subas Bam scored goals to defeat India in the Group B match. Nepal was defeated by India by 4-0 in the final of the tournament.
Cava Women’s Volleyball, 2024
Home team Nepal won the Kava Women’s Nation League 2024 by defeating India 3-1 in the group stage. Nepal defeated India for the first time in volleyball history. Nepal defeated India 3-2 in the match at Dasharath Stadium on Saturday. Nepal won the first, third, and fifth sets in the match. Nepal lost the game by 25-18, 12-25, 25-17, 18-25 and 15-13. Earlier, the women’s team lost in the 13th South Asian Games (SAG) of 2019 after reaching the fifth set. It was the most competitive game in volleyball.
