<p>Smarting from their defeat against Iraq, India will face a tougher challenge when they play heavyweights Australia in the the AFC U-20 Championship Group H qualifiers here on Sunday.</p>.<p>India squandered a 2-1 half-time lead to go down 2-4 to Iraq in their opening fixture.</p>.<p>"We saw Australia's match against Kuwait last night, and they are of course a very good team. They are the favourites to top the group, and we will have to be at our best against them," said head coach Shanmugam Venkatesh.</p>.<p>India will heavily rely on their in-form duo of Gurkirat Singh and Taison Singh. Gurkirat scored once and set up another in their defeat against Iraq.</p>.<p>"That being said, if we stick together as a team and put in the hard yards, we can come out with the result against them too," Venkatesh added.</p>.<p>Australia kicked off their campaign defeating hosts Kuwait 4-1 and lead the table along with Iraq.</p>.<p>India and Kuwait occupy the third and fourth places respectively.</p>.<p>"The boys put up a good performance in the match, and I was quite happy with the way they fought till the very end," said Venkatesh. </p>
<p>Smarting from their defeat against Iraq, India will face a tougher challenge when they play heavyweights Australia in the the AFC U-20 Championship Group H qualifiers here on Sunday.</p>.<p>India squandered a 2-1 half-time lead to go down 2-4 to Iraq in their opening fixture.</p>.<p>"We saw Australia's match against Kuwait last night, and they are of course a very good team. They are the favourites to top the group, and we will have to be at our best against them," said head coach Shanmugam Venkatesh.</p>.<p>India will heavily rely on their in-form duo of Gurkirat Singh and Taison Singh. Gurkirat scored once and set up another in their defeat against Iraq.</p>.<p>"That being said, if we stick together as a team and put in the hard yards, we can come out with the result against them too," Venkatesh added.</p>.<p>Australia kicked off their campaign defeating hosts Kuwait 4-1 and lead the table along with Iraq.</p>.<p>India and Kuwait occupy the third and fourth places respectively.</p>.<p>"The boys put up a good performance in the match, and I was quite happy with the way they fought till the very end," said Venkatesh. </p>