Karnataka beat Meghalaya to win Santosh Trophy after 54 years

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Category : Sports Published on: March 07 2023

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Karnataka beat Meghalaya 3-2 to win the Santosh Trophy at the Fahd International Stadium in Riyad, Saudi Arabia.
M Sunil Kumar (2nd min), Bekey Oram (19th min) and Robin Yadav (44th min) scored the goals for Karnataka while Brolington Warlarpih (7th min) and Sheen Stevenson (60th min) scored for Meghalaya in the game of two halves.
This was the first trophy for Karnataka, which had previously won four times as the princely state of Mysore, after a gap of 54 years.
Karnataka had last won their fourth title as Mysore way back in 1968-69 at Banglore and had since then reached the final only in 1974-75. They have finished runners-up on five occasions.

Karnataka beat Meghalaya to win Santosh Trophy after 54 years