Karnataka lose to Kerala in final, bags silver in Khelo India

Two goals in a gap of 12 minutes in the later part of first half sealed the gold medal for Kerala in the final of the Khelo India Youth Games played at Emerald Heights School, Indore, Madhya Pradesh today morning. 

Sreeraj CP for Kerala opened the account for his team in the 31st minute of the game and Kiran K scored in 43rd minute. The strikers for Karnataka, who gave team the lead in almost every game failed to score in the final game. time 

Karnataka despite having an impressive outing ends up being the second best in this 8-team tournament. 

Vishal to lead Karnataka in Khelo India Youth Games

Vishal R will lead the 20-member Karnataka state football team that will take part in the Khelo India Youth Games to be held in Indore, Madhya Pradesh from February 1-10. Karnataka will take on West Bengal on Feb 2 followed by matches against Odisha (Feb 4) and Meghalaya (Feb 6) in the preliminary round. 

Karnataka managed to send a strong squad comprising of several players plying their trade for clubs in BDFA League league - 7 from Super Division, 2 from A Division, and 3 from B Division. 

Squad: 

Vishal R (captain), Arjun Gowda (vice captain), Karthik S, Soham S Oulkar, KR Shashwath, Prateek Kashyap, Aniketh BP, Tanish Tamanna, Rowan James, Vedanth Singh, Nivruthi, Rayaan Shakeer, Amogh G, R Neil Joseph, Ishaan Raghunanda, Aditya Kalasur, Abhishek S Pawar, Yohan Victor Britto, Allen Dhammu, Gautham Rajesh

Coach: Xavier Vijay Kumar Asst Coach: Alex Praveen 

Final 

• Feb 10, 2023: Kerala 2 (Kiran K-43’, Sreeraj CP-31’) vs Karnataka 0 

Semi Final 

• Feb 6, 2023: Punjab 2 (Karan Singh Manota-36', 45') vs Karnataka 3  (Abhishek SP-18'[P], Vishal R-45'+1', Ishaan Raghunanda-77') 
• Feb 6, 2023: Meghalaya 3 Vs Kerala 5   

Group B 

• Feb 2, 2023: Karnataka 3 (Abhishek Pawar-29', 85', Amogh Ajay Gachhi-39') Vs Bengal 2 (Pritam Biswas-58', Bipradip Mandal-76')
• Feb 4, 2023: Karnataka 3 (Ishaan Raghunanda-21', Abhishek SP-57', Aditya Kalasur-90') Vs Odisha 1 (Wongden Lama-61')
• Feb 6, 2023: Karnataka 1 (Abhishek Pawar-4') Vs Meghalaya 2 (Cannyson Kharnaior-40’, Blanangshngain Khongsdam-68’)