Sabina's brace hands Sethu victory

A brace from Bangladesh national women's team captain Sabina Khatun powered Sethu FC to a 3-1 win over Indira Gandhi Academy in the Indian Women's League in Shillong today.

The first half ended 1-1 as Captain Indumathi handed Sethu the lead in the first half with a goal in the 27th minute of play. Pradeepa Sekar pulled one back for Indira in the 35th minute. 

Sabina then took the initiative as she scored in the 76th minute, nudging the ball into the net after she met a cross came from a tight angle to hand the lead back to her team. She then curled one beautifully from inside the area to extend Sethu’s lead to 3-1 in the 81st minute.

Sethu now has three wins from four matches. Sabina, who also scored a brace in the previous match against India has six goals in five matches now.