New Delhi, Sept. 2 -- The Indian U17 women's team drew 0-0 in both friendly matches against Uzbekistan last week, and while on paper the scoreline might suggest two quiet evenings in the Uzbek capital, the Young Tigresses' Tashkent trip was anything but uneventful.

There were no goals to celebrate at the UFA National Football Centre, but for head coach Joakim Alexandersson, the numbers were barely indicative of India's dominance in both fixtures, according to a press release from AIFF Media.

With the AFC U17 Women's Asian Cup China 2027 Qualifiers scheduled to be held from October 5 to 11 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the two friendly fixtures against the Central Asian side offered a glimpse of the new U17 batch beginning to find its shape...