Manavgat (Turkiye), Feb 19 (PTI) The Indian U-20 women's football team made a rousing start to its Pink Ladies Youth Cup campaign as it beat Jordan 2-1 here on Wednesday.

The Young Tigresses found themselves trailing via a 35th minute penalty converted by Jinan Said but they fought back to win the match with Lhingdeikim and Pooja scoring in the 63rd and 77th minutes respectively.

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India will play two more friendly matches against Hong Kong (February 22) and Russia (February 25) at the same venue.

This was coach Joakim Alexandersson's third win in a row with the Indian national team after leading the senior side to two friendly victories over Maldives earlier this year.

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