Hangzhou, Sep 21 (UNI) The Indian women’s football team kicked off its Asian Games 2023 campaign with a 1-2 loss against the Chinese Taipei here on Thursday.
Anju Tamang (47’) opened the scoring for India but goals from Li-Chin Lai (69‘) and Yu-Hsuan Su (84’) secured all three points for Chinese Taipei and took them to the top of the Group B standings.
The Thomas Dennerby-managed Indian team, playing its first match since March, got off the blocks quickly as Manisha Kalyan almost created a goal-scoring opportunity for the returning Bala Devi in the first minute.