Sunil Chhetri-led India men's national football team suffered a painful 0-2 defeat at the hands of Australia in their opening AFC Asian Cup Group B fixture at the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium on Saturday. The first-half saw the Blue Tigers put up a resilient low-block against the Aussies as it was 0-0 at half-time. However, second-half saw an error from Gurpreet Singh Sandhu that allowed Jackson Irvine to score the game's first goal. Later, Jordan Bos tapped the ball into the post after a brilliant pass from Riley McGree inside the Indian box.