India vs China football match: India hold China to goalless draw in Suzhou

The Indian football team is playing an international match for the first time in China though the two countries' senior sides have faced each other 17 times in the past

7:08 PM

6:59 PM

AT FULL TIME: India hold China 0-0

6:58 PM

90+4: Another miraculous scape from Sandhu

6:57 PM

90+4: India fails to convert the corner

6:56 PM

90+3 minutes: India misses a goal opportunity

6:53 PM

90th minute: 5 minutes added

6:51 PM

6:47 PM

84th minute: Yellow card Nikhil Poojari

6:42 PM

75th minute: SAVE! Great save by Gurpreet Singh to deny the hosts again as Chhetri moves into the Chinese half

6:40 PM

6:32 PM

65th minue: WIDE! Kotal argues that it was his thigh and not his arm while blocking the ball. 

6:20 PM

53th minute: Another corner for China and they fails to score as Indian defender remains rock solid

6:17 PM

50th minute: Zhi breaks away on the right and his grounded cross is hit by Gao Lin first time to rattle only the upright.

6:16 PM

6:15 PM

6:00 PM

5:52 PM

AT HALF TIME: India hold China to 0 | 0 at Suzhou 

5:50 PM

39th minute: Slowly, China take control of the game back. Xiaoting plays a through to Xuepeng and his cross sees Dabao take a tumble inside the box. The ball whizzes past Wu Lei and Bose clears it.

5:41 PM

34th minute: India passing brilliantly to be in a goal scoring position but they are not able to complete the moves

5:39 PM

30th minutes: After half an hour of play, India still holds China as they are defending brilliantly. China had 2-3 chances but India's defense and Keeper made excellent efforts to save the goal.

5:32 PM

24th minutes: Gurpreet saves a brilliant shot as China took the attack from the right 

5:31 PM

17th minutes: OVER! Chhetri gets a free-kick near the touchline and Thapa is over it. He kicks it long and on the farside for Chhetri whose boot stick to the ground but still gets his first-time shot to go over the crossbar. 

5:23 PM

15th minutes: The first quarter of the 1st half has seen China not been able to convert their opportunities, and Pritam's powerful right footer was brilliantly saved by Chinese keeper.

5:20 PM

14th minutes: Another move from China for a goal but Sandhu remained rock solid

5:20 PM

12th minutes: India makes brilliant move as they take attack to chinese goal post. A brilliant effort from Chinese goalkeeper denied India fom taking a lead

5:18 PM

11th minutes: China takes the corner and the ball is punched away by keeper Sandhu. Chinese player tries to hit a goal in rebound. But the shot is wayward

5:16 PM

10th minutes: Another opportunity for China but Sandesh gets the touch, corner for China

5:16 PM

9th minutes: Udanata playing brilliantly as he is getting the ball from Chinese player

5:14 PM

6th minutes: Udanta does ever so well to track back and force Xuepeng to loose the ball over the by-line. India get a goal kick.

5:14 PM

China in red, ranked 76th versus India, in their home blue, ranked 97th gets underway in Suzhou