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Indian Super League: Bengaluru FC’s Academy graduate Vinith Venkatesh scored the winner as the Blues picked up their first points of the 2024/25 Indian Super League season with a 1-0 win over East Bengal FC at the Kanteerava Stadium on Saturday.

The 19-year-old, who joined the club as an eight-year-old in 2013, fired a low drive past the reach of East Bengal FC goalkeeper Prabhsukhan Gill to add to his two strikes in the Durand Cup last month.

The game got off to a feisty start with two bookings in the opening ten minutes, as referee Crystal John went to his book and wrote down the names of Nandhakumar Sekar and Jeakson Singh for rash challenges. The first chance of the game fell to the hosts when Jeakson’s hit from distance forced a save from Gurpreet Singh Sandhu.