Rising Student's Club garnered a crucial 2-1 victory over Eastern Sporting Union today to go top of the table in the ongoing Indian Women's League 2016-17 here today. Eastern Sporting Union opened the scoring in the eighth minute when Radharani Devi found the back of the net. After seven minutes, Sasmita Malik, 2016 AIFF Women's Player of the Year, got the much-needed goal for her team to cancel out the opponent's early lead. Suddenly the complexion of the match got changed as Rising Student's Club flooded the opposition box with a flurry of attacks, thanks to brilliant coordination between Pyari Xaxa and Sasmita Malik. Kamala Devi and Premi Devi tried their heart out to find the equaliser towards the end of the match but Rising Student's Club defenders showed their defiance.

Source: dna January 30, 2017 14:14 UTC