{"id":280396,"date":"2026-03-30T00:59:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T19:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=280396"},"modified":"2026-03-30T00:59:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T19:29:59","slug":"omang-dodum-instrumental-in-indias-unbeaten-run-at-saff-u-20-cship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/30\/omang-dodum-instrumental-in-indias-unbeaten-run-at-saff-u-20-cship\/","title":{"rendered":"Omang Dodum instrumental in India&#8217;s unbeaten run at SAFF U-20 C&#8217;ship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, 29 Mar:<\/strong> Omang Dodum has been instrumental in India&#8217;s unbeaten run at the ongoing SAFF U-20 Championship, 2026.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dodum, who hails from Arunachal Pradesh, scored a brace in India&#8217;s 3-0 win against Pakistan in their first group match on 26 March and assisted in a goal in the second match played against Bangladesh in Mal\u00e9, Maldives on 28 March, according to the All India Football Federation (AIFF).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The match ended in a 1-1 draw.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Vishal Yadav gave India the lead in the 17th minute, but Bangladesh struck in stoppage time through Md Abdul Riyad Fahim to restore parity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The breakthrough arrived in the 17th minute.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dodum delivered a well-weighted corner from the right, and Vishal Yadav found space between Bangladesh defenders Sheikh Sangram and Ashikur Rahman before directing a firm header past the goalkeeper.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">India nearly doubled their score just before the interval.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dodum whipped in a dangerous free-kick, and Jodric Abranches timed his run well to get behind the defence. However, his header drifted wide, allowing Bangladesh to stay within touching distance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the 70th minute, Dodum attempted a free-kick from the edge of the area, but his effort was blocked by Md Kamal Merdha.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dodum had another chance in the 86th minute when Rishi Singh Ningthoukhongjam slipped a through ball into his path. However, a heavy first touch from Dodum allowed the opportunity to slip away.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">India will now face Bhutan in the semifinal on 1 April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, 29 Mar: Omang Dodum has been instrumental in India&#8217;s unbeaten run at the ongoing SAFF U-20 Championship, 2026. Dodum, who hails from Arunachal Pradesh, scored a brace in India&#8217;s 3-0 win against Pakistan in their first group match on 26 March and assisted in a goal in the second match played against Bangladesh in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280415,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-280396","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280396"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":280416,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280396\/revisions\/280416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}