India vs Iraq, 2023 King's Cup Semi-Final Highlights: IND lose on penalties to IRQ after match ends 2-2

It was always going to be difficult for India today but what a performance they have put up here. Matched Iraq toe-to-toe for much of the match and only the lottery of the penalty shootout could decide the game. They would have loved to have played one more match here but Igor Stimac would be happy with how his boys performed against an opponent so far ahead of them in the rankings ladder. That's it from us here, thanks for joining us and goodbye!

Bonyan smashes it into the side netting and seals it for Iraq. He hardly even celebrates after that, that is how calm he was through the whole thing.

Rahim Ali is as calm as they come as he keeps India in the hunt.

Amin Alhamawi calmly rolls it to Sandhu's right and the Indian goalkeeper goes the wrong way again.

Anwar Ali emphatically smashes it into the top left corner. Unsavable.

Gurpreet goes the wrong way again and Ghadhban finds the target once more today from the spot.

Suresh Singh doesn't miss and India stay in the hunt

This time Gurpreet is sent the wrong way and Iran maintain their lead. Ali Khadim is the scorer.

Jhingan up next and he smashes the underside of the bar and slots it in!

Gurpreet dives the right way but can't stop the ball going in! Salih opens the scoring in this shootout

Fernandes can't put it past Hussain. If Iraq score, they take the lead now.

Brandon Fernandes steps up, Hussain and Gurpreet have been given instructions by the referee. Here we go!

Onto penalties we go!

90+3 mins: Zidane Iqbal gets sent off after an elbow to the face of Brandon Fernandes. That was a cynical challenge, only he knows what he was thinking. Or maybe not.

India now effectively playing with six defenders. Jhingan heads out a corner from Iraq under extreme pressure from Ghadbhan. The 90 is up and we have four minutes of added time. Remember there is no extra time in the King's Cup, we will go to penalties if this stays level. 

Salih with another great cross after Iraq shred India to pieces down the left. Gurpreet managed to get to it before Ghadhban did.

Ghadhban himself takes the kick and lasers it past Gurpreet's right. Iraq are back on level terms.

Long ball into the box, Jhingan and Aymen Ghadhban compete for it and the Indian wrestles his opponent to the floor. Second penalty of the match for Iraq.

India put numbers behind the ball now and thus far, Iraq haven't really been able to put up too big a threat. Rohit Kumar and Suresh Singh held their own when the opposition to push and bully their way into the box. 

66 mins: Salih with a fantastic cross from the left and he finds Amin Alhamawi totally free and in space. He can score into any part of the goal he wants and he ends up blasting it into the stands.

62 mins: A lot of pushing and shoving between the two teams and the referee in the end gives a yellow card to Salih. It all started with Sahal being rather aggressively brought down by Shafeeq.

Aashique Kuruniyan has been taken off and Rahim Ali comes on in his place.

A horrible moment for the Iraq goalkeeper. India take the ball forward with blinding pace after nicking it from Hussein who slipped. Sahal plays it forward to Manvir on the right, who plays the ball square. Hussein dives and blocks the pass with his hand, only for the ball to roll into the goal.

Iraq have made three changes. Zidane, Amin Alhamawi, Aymen Ghadban all come on. A triple change at half time doesn't reflect too well on the coach's feeling about how the first half went. India unchanged.

Just two minutes of added time that leads to nothing decisive. India will definitely be the happier team going into this break. They started out brightly, which culminated in them taking the lead. But Iraq then took complete control of the match, to the point that India found it difficult to get out of their own third in the final minutes of the first half.