Vivekananda yuba bharti krirangan

Mohun Bagan Super Giant Assistant: Defending champions Mohun Bagan Super Giant started their title defense with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Downtown Heroes FC in the opening game of the Durand Cup which was played at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharti Krirangan.

Mohun Bagan Super Giant Assistant Coach Bastab Roy named a starting eleven with a mix of first-team players and the reserves including new signing Tom Aldred and regulars Asish Rai, Glan Martins and Abhishek Suryavanshi.

It was the team from Kashmir that started brightly in attack with Mohammad Inam testing Mohun Bagan goalkeeper Syed Hussain Bukhari inside ten minutes with a shot on target.