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Skipper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu: Indian football fans will have to wait till March for the national men's team to win its first game under Manolo Marquez as the hosts were held to a 1-1 draw against Malaysia at the Gachibowli Stadium here on Monday.

India were finding their feet in the opening moments of the game until Skipper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu’s early error saw Paulo Josue with a free pass at the goal to hand the visitors the 1-0 lead before Rahul Bheke equalised from a corner taken by Brandon Fernandes, who was awarded the man of the match trophy brought the teams level.

Malaysia's Azam Azmi Murad cleared the ball in the 19th minute of the game which saw goalkeeper Gurpreet rush out in an attempt to clear the ball away. His misjudgment saw the ball reach the feet of the coming Paulo, who made no mistake in what was a simple finish to pull ahead.