India vs Maldives Football Highlights: Indian Secure First Win In 489 Days, Go 3-0 Up vs Maldives

India vs Maldives Live: The whistles have been blown , and India has secured their first win in 489 days. Chhetri scores on his comeback, with Rahul Bheke & Liston Colaco also helping with the lead.

India vs Maldives Live: Sunil Chhetri, Liston Colaco & Bose have been subbed off. Irfan, Abhishek & Ashique take the spot.

India vs Maldives Live: Sunil Gets a Goal! After some solid attempts in the previous games, Chhetri is finally on the score sheet after he scored the third goal for India

India vs Maldives Live: Hamza, Fasir and Naim have been replaced. Nazeem, Naiz and Nihaan have entered as substitutes.

India vs Maldives Live: Ahmed Aiham suffers a yellow card after a foul on Boris. 

India vs Maldives Live: Liston gets on the score sheet! India has 2-0 lead in the game! Shillong is Celebrating

India vs Maldives Live: Suresh and Valpuia have been replaced, and Boris Singh and Apuia have come up in the game 

India vs Maldives Live: Indian players towards the bench are warming up, which indicates that coach Marquez is ready to make some substitutions.

India vs Maldives Live: Maldives gets some ball possession and Ahmed got it to the box's edge but his shot went wide.

India vs Maldives Live: Maldives get a free kick after Liston Fouls Ibrahim.

India vs Maldives Live: Maldives kicked off the second half and Chhetri tried to score in early after winning a corner! But Hamza was the villain as he didn't allow Chhetri to score.

India vs Maldives Live: Chhetri is not on the score sheet just yet but India has a lead, courtesy of Bheke.

India vs Maldives Live: three minutes have been added to the first half of play.

India vs Maldives Live: Vulpuia plays a supreme cross and Chhetri was in line for a header. But Farukh jumps in front of him and could not head the ball towards the target.

India vs Maldives Live: Maldives' Hussain Sifaau receives a yellow after a bad foul over Liston.

India vs Maldives Live: Sadly, Brandon would not continue! He has been stretchered off. Farukh replaces him in the game

India vs Maldives Live: Looks like Brandon has suffered an injury! He receives medical attention, while Chaudhary warms up on the side.

India vs Maldives Live: The Deadlock is Broken! Rahul Bheke scores for India and Soars! India in the Lead after Brandon shoots from the corner, with Bheke locked in and jumps high enough to slam the ball past the goalline. 

India vs Maldives Live: India secure a corner and Mehtab gets a header but he missed the target as the ball went high outside.

India vs Maldives Live: Brandon seen in pain as Mahesh attempts to gain control of the ball but it goes out of line.

India vs Maldives Live: Suresh shoots a ball above Chhetri who makes a sprint for it but Samooh picks it up and clears it off.

India vs Maldives Live: Liston goes for the goal in the free kick but the ball sails past the right post. 

India vs Maldives Live: India gets a free kick outside the box after Liston Colaso is fouled by Ibrahim

India vs Maldives Live: Maldives' Naim was seen clinging to his ankle and received medical attention, play was briefly halted. But he his back now.

India vs Maldives Live: Suresh Finds Brandon on the box's edge who tries to smack it inside but does not make a proper connect as it bounces off on the right. 

India vs Maldives Live: Tema India have been strong with the possessions but their accuracy needs a lot of work.

India vs Maldives Live: Brandon shoots a good cross but the ball did not connect properly with Blue Tigers! Ibrahim and Bheke barely touched it and the ball flung across the goal towards the corner

India vs Maldives Live: Liston gets a free kick after a foul from Hussain.

India vs Maldives Live: Suresh plays through and gets the ball down the right but no one made the run. The ball rolled out for a goal kick.

India vs Maldives Live: Sunil Chhetri looks effortless during the play but India needs to give him proper support! Chhetri headed the ball off Suresh and the edge of the box but he did not have backing, and the ball was cleared off. 

India vs Maldives Live: India is looking strong with the possessions but Maldives is also delivering great footwork when Hamza tried to strike outside the box but Bheke stood like a wall, blocking the attempt.

India vs Maldives Live: Naim fouls Liston and India get a free kick in the opposing half.

India vs Maldives Live: Liston plays through Chhetri and squares the ball into the middle. An opposition defender moves with the ball towards the goal but GK Kaith makes the save.  

India vs Maldives Live: Actions in intense fashion as India begins in intense fashion!

India vs Maldives Live: No Gurpreet Singh Sandhu this time as Vishal Kaith takes the gloves for Team India.

India vs Maldives Live: The Indian Football's poster boy has made his comeback for the Blue Tigers, and he is donning the captain's armband.

India vs Maldives Live: Sunil Chhetri has scored eight goals in seven games against Maldives.

India vs Maldives live: India registered a 3-1 victory over Maldives in a group stage game at the 2021 SAFF Championship.

India vs Maldives live: Sunil Chhetri has currently 94 goals in his tally and he needs six more to break into the 100-goal list.

India Vs Maldives Live Score Update: Both Ayush Chhetri and Vishal Kaith have been very impressive for their respective teams in the Indian Super league and the focus will be on them.

India Vs Maldives Live Score Update:

India Vs Maldives Live Score Update: Sunil Chhetri decided to hang up his boots in June last year.

India Vs Maldives Live Score Update: On his return to the Indian football team, Sunil Chhetri will lead the Indian side.

India vs Maldives live score: Shareef (gk), Samooh Ali, Ahmed Numan, Yoosuf, Hassan, Aiham, Ibrahim, Hussaina, Naim, Hamza, Ali Fasir

India Starting XI: Kaith (gk), Bheke, Bose, Mehtab, Colaco, Suresh, Brandon, Ayush Chhetri, Mahesh, Valpuia, Sunil Chhetri

India vs Maldives live: The India vs Maldives football match will start at 7:00 PM IST.

India vs Maldives live: Vishal Kaith ; Naorem Roshan Singh, Sandesh Jhingan, Rahul Bheke, Subhasish Bose; Suresh Singh Wangjam; Naorem Mahesh, Brandon Fernandes, Irfan Yadwad; Sunil Chhetri

India vs Maldives live: Indian Football Team squad

Goalkeepers: Amrinder Singh, Gurmeet Singh, Vishal Kaith.

Defenders: Asish Rai, Boris Singh Thangjam, Chinglensana Singh Konsham, Hmingthanmawia, Mehtab Singh, Rahul Bheke, Roshan Singh Naorem, Sandesh Jhingan, Subhasish Bose.

Midfielders: Ashique Kuruniyan, Ayush Dev Chhetri, Brandon Fernandes, Brison Fernandes, Jeakson Singh Thounaojam, Lalengmawia, Liston Colaco, Mahesh Singh Naorem, Suresh Singh Wangjam.

Forwards: Sunil Chhetri, Farukh Choudhary, Irfan Yadwad, Lallianzuala Chhangte, Manvir Singh.

 India vs Maldives Live Score: Mohun Bagan Super Giant winger Manvir Singh has been ruled out due to an injury and he has left the national camp in Shillong.

India Vs Maldives Live Score: The India vs Maldives international friendly will have a live telecast on Star Sports Network while the live streaming will be available on JioHotstar.

Head coach Manolo Marquez has already confirmed that Sunil Chhetri will be involved in some capacity against Maldives. In the pre-match press conference he said, 
"For sure, Sunil will play some minutes. I don't know whether as a starter or from the bench. We can use six substitutions, so 17 players can play, and I think Sunil will be one of them.

"He is the Indian player with the most goals this season. It doesn't matter if a player is 20, 40, or my grandfather at 87. If they are in better shape, they will be here. The national team is not about developing players. Developed players have to arrive here. The main team needs to win games. And if we need to win games, we need to call players who are in better shape."