Kolkata, July 30 -- In an entertaining battle of debutants here on the lush green Kishore Bharati Krirangan (KBK) turf, two late second-half strikes by Bhupinder and Brazilian Cledson Dasilva, gave I-League side Namdhari Sports Academy an opening win in match 10 of the on-going 134th Durand Cup, over Bengaluru's South United FC (SUFC).

The result means SUFC end their debut Durand campaign with a solitary point in Group A after completing all three of their matches. Namdhari will gain confidence and move to bigger battles ahead in their pursuit of qualification for the knockouts, according to a release from the Durand Cup.

South United, taking the field in their traditional orange for the first time, did not quite change their fortunes t...