Archive · 7 Oct 2026
Thapa Scores as India Lose 1-6 to Uruguay in Kolkata
India played Uruguay in a football match in Kolkata and lost 6-1.
Uruguay scored first with a penalty.
Anirudh Thapa scored for India, making the score 1-1 for a short time.
His goal was only the second scored by an Indian in a senior international match against Uruguay.
A lightning and bad-weather delay stopped the game for about half an hour.
Uruguay scored again after play resumed and added more goals in the second half.
Maximiliano Araujo scored twice for Uruguay.
India had also played Panama and Brazil during this international window.
India lost 1-6 to Uruguay at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata.
Anirudh Thapa scored India’s goal in the 22nd minute, briefly levelling the score.
Darwin Nunez opened the scoring for Uruguay with a penalty in the 12th minute.
Maximiliano Araujo scored twice as Uruguay pulled away after a weather interruption.
India finished the international window with a draw against Panama and defeats to Brazil and Uruguay.
- Who
- India’s senior men’s football team and Uruguay’s team.
- What
- Uruguay defeated India 6-1; Anirudh Thapa scored India’s only goal.
- When
- Tuesday; the article does not specify a date.
- Where
- Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata.
- Why
- The article reports the match result but does not state a specific reason for the defeat.
- Final score
- India 1-6 Uruguay
- India scorer
- Anirudh Thapa, 22nd minute
- Uruguay’s opening goal
- Darwin Nunez scored a penalty in the 12th minute
- Uruguay’s two-goal scorer
- Maximiliano Araujo
- Venue
- Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata
- Weather delay
- Play was interrupted for around half an hour by lightning and inclement weather
- India’s international window
- A 1-1 draw with Panama and losses to Brazil and Uruguay; India scored twice and conceded 11 goals across the three matches