{"id":341809,"date":"2023-07-05T04:11:48","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T04:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/07\/05\/cricket-fraternity-hails-indian-football-team-for-record-extending-saff-championship-win-football-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-07-05T04:11:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T04:11:48","slug":"cricket-fraternity-hails-indian-football-team-for-record-extending-saff-championship-win-football-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/07\/05\/cricket-fraternity-hails-indian-football-team-for-record-extending-saff-championship-win-football-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket fraternity hails Indian football team for record-extending SAFF Championship win | Football News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-101503394,imgsize-123832.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div>The Indian men&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/football\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"Click-Hyperlink|link_topic-football-https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/football\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">football<\/a> team defeated <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/kuwait\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"Click-Hyperlink|link_topic-Kuwait-https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/kuwait\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kuwait<\/a> in a nailbiting penalty shootout to win the <!-- -->SAFF Championship<!-- --> for the ninth time, as the country&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"Click-Hyperlink|link_topic-cricket-https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cricket<\/a> fraternity joined the football fans in congratulating the team.<br \/>After extra time, the teams remained locked at 1-1, which sent the game to penalties. <br \/>Goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu then saved a crucial penalty kick to help his team edge out Kuwait 5-4.<br \/>Here&#8217;s how the congratulations poured in from the cricket fraternity:<\/p>\n<p>The win made India&#8217;s head coach, Igor Stimac, who couldn&#8217;t be on the sidelines because of a two-match suspension, the first foreign head coach of the team to secure consecutive SAFF Championship titles. <br \/>Furthermore, this remarkable achievement marked the first occasion where India triumphed over two West Asian nations consecutively, as they defeated Lebanon in the semifinals and Kuwait in the final.<br \/><span class=\"em \">(With agency inputs)<\/span><\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isFBCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? 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