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Singapore: A 10-man India capitalised on a defensive blunder from Singapore at the fag end of play to escape with 1-1 draw and keep their Asian Cup football qualification hopes afloat here on Thursday.

India conceded a goal scored by Ikhsan Fandi in the first minute of the first half’s stoppage time to find themselves in the backfoot in the Group C match. But Rahim Ali equalised in the 90th minute after Singapore’s Jordan Emaviwe gifted a goal by committing a horrible blunder.

Khalid Jamil’s team, which arrived here with just around a week’s time of training together, played the whole of second half with 10 men as key defender Sandesh Jhingan was sent off after receiving his second yellow card in the 47th minute.

Jhingan was playing with a black face mask as he had recovered fro

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