Durand Cup: East Bengal in Final after beat NorthEast 5-3

In football, East Bengal has reached Durand Cup final after 19 years, beating NorthEast 5-3 on penalties. In the first semifinal of the 132nd Durand Cup played at the Salt Lake Stadium on 28 August 2023.

With one minute left on the clock, it was Nandhakumar’s header that helped East Bengal make a dramatic turnaround, as they came back from being 0-2 down to make it 2-each, and force a penalty shoot-out.