India U-15 held to 3-3 draw by Grenada in FIFA U-15 World Cup & Festival 2026
India U-15 were held to a 3-3 draw by Grenada U-15 at the Hovsan Competition Complex Pitch 1B in Baku in the FIFA U-15 World Cup & Festival Azerbaijan 2026 on Sunday, October 25, 2026. India had been 3-0 up with 11 minutes remaining but conceded three late goals to finish level.
The fixture was India’s third Group K match and their second game of the day under coach Bibiano Fernandes. India had beaten Cameroon 2-1 earlier on Sunday morning. With the draw India remained unbeaten and moved to seven points from three matches. Cameroon and Senegal each sat on six points, Bahrain on four, and Laos and Grenada on one apiece.
India started brightly and opened the scoring in the third minute when Nibas Meetei Wahengbam’s through ball from the right found Macdonnish Ngairangbam, who tapped the ball past keeper Kharin Steele. The Blue Colts continued to press, with R Lalremruatfela seeing a first-time strike tipped over the bar and Macdonnish’s half-volley cleared off the line in the 10th minute. Grenada threatened in the 15th minute through Jaywarni Noel, and Lalremruatfela later beat his marker and struck the post in the 17th minute.
After the restart C Lalhmingropuia doubled the lead in the 22nd minute, reacting to a long ball from Soumojit Sarkar that bounced off Grenada defender Omari McSween, chesting it down before firing into the net. Ronandev Aheibam made it 3-0 in the 29th minute with a solo run down the left, running past two defenders before slotting home.
Grenada then mounted a comeback, cutting the deficit through goals from Jaywarni Noel and Kai Wilson to make it 3-2 by the 33rd minute. Noel completed his brace in the 37th minute, tapping home from a free-kick to level the match at 3-3.
India’s starting eight versus Grenada were listed as Dhannya Desai (GK), Nara Meitei Loushambam, Muhammad Sohil Khan, Soumojit Sarkar, R Lalremruatfela, Nibas Meetei Wahengbam, Macdonnish Ngairangbam and C Lalhmingropuia (C). Substitutes named were Jenit Ningthoujam (GK), Pratham Kumar, Birjit Singh Amom, Victor Lalawmpuia, Ronandev Aheibam and Deepak Singh Arambam. The Indian goalscorers were Macdonnish Ngairangbam (3′), C Lalhmingropuia (22′) and Ronandev Aheibam (29′).
India conclude the qualification stage with two matches on Monday, October 26, facing Bahrain at 14:15 IST and Senegal at 21:00 IST, and their results across five matches will determine which performance tier they enter for the second phase. All matches are streamed live for free on dazn.com.