Nagaland Police Football Team along with coaches at Ghilakuri before the match on March 26.
Guwahati, March 26 (MExN): Nagaland Police played out a thrilling draw 2-2 against Central Industrial Security Forces (CISF) in their first match of the 68th edition of Bharat Ratna Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi Trophy football tournament at Ghilakuri in Sipajhar, Assam.
On matchday-3, CISF’s Bhola opened the score early but Nagaland equalised though
Khwetelhi Thopi in the 24th minute.
CISF went ahead again in the second half through Md Khaleed. However, Limakumzuk Ao pulled one for the Nagaland in the 68th minute via a penalty and leveled again.
Despite a red card for Nagaland defender in the last quarter of the match, the team managed to keep the match in stalemate till final whistle.
Nagaland Police are clubbed in Group C with CISF, former champ Oil India FC, and Bodousa SC.
Winner of each Group will only qualify for the semifinal round in the tournament.
Nagaland will still have two more matches to play in the group matches to qualify for the semifinal round.
Bordoloi Trophy, is one of the oldest and most popular football championships in North-East India, is organised annually by Guwahati Sports Association (GSA).
The champions will get Rs 2 lakh prize money while the runners up will walked away with Rs 1 lakh.
