Mohun Bagan Super Giant secured their first win after four games in the ISL-X as they registered a comfortable 2-0 win over whipping boys Hyderabad FC at the Salt Lake Stadium on Saturday.

First-half strikes by Anirudh Thapa and Jason Cummings ensured three points for the Mariners, who are now fourth in the table with 23 from 12 matches.

Both Thapa and Cummings hadn’t hit the ground running yet. On Saturday though they shone.

In the 12th minute, the former Chennaiyin FC star displayed impressive positional awareness to get to the end of a corner kick, squabbling against the Hyderabad FC defenders to net the ball in and get an early lead for the home side.

Cummings’ goal in the added time of the first half must have brought many a smile to the Super faithful, with the Australian forward tapping in a squared-uppass by the tireless Manvir Singh just before the half-time whistle. Bagan also decided to rope in Finnish midfielder Joni Kauko and release Frenchman Hugo Boumous.

Shock in Guwahati

NorthEast United FC defeated East Bengal 3-2 at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati earlier in the day.

Spaniard Nestor Albiach set up the opening strike by Tomi Juric before netting the second one 15 minutes into the match.

East Bengal emerged as an energised unit after the break, and clawed back into the game. Nandhakumar Sekar reduced the margin for the visitors in the 53rd minute. Merely 13 minutes later, Juric’s shot from the left hand side of the edge of the box beat a fully stretched goalkeeper Prabsukhan Singh Gill.

New-signing Felicio Brown Forbes made it 3-2, but the effort was not enough to secure them a point.