Brace in AFC Cup a boost for Saarvindran

Saarvindran (left) is coming back to competitive football after an 11-month layoff to ankle injury.

PETALING JAYA: D. Saarvindran is back in business.

The 22-year-old winger came on as a second-half substitute to score a brace in Pahang’s 7-4 win over Myanmar’s Yadanarbon FC in the penultimate Group G match of the AFC Cup at the Darul Makmur Stadium in Kuantan on Wednesday.