Bengaluru FC, who held upper hand throughout the match, created numerous chances and took the lead in the 5th minute through C K Vineeth.
Darryl Duffy restored parity in the 41st minute.
Bengaluru FC (red) in action against Salgaocar FC. PTI
They could have won by a bigger margin, had it not been for rival keeper Karanjit Singh, who brought off good saves.
Sunil Chhetri scored the match winner in the 60th minute off a free kick after Gurjinder Kumar handed the ball just outside the box.
Bengaluru FC started briskly and kept the early pressure on their opponents with C K Vineeth and Kim Song Yong combining well upfront.
Kim Song Yong, who worked his way on the right, sent a goal mouth cross where defender Nicolau and Augustin failed to intercept, and Vineeth tapped the ball home. Karanjit Singh then brought off fine saves to deny Kim Song Yong and Eugeneson Lyndoh.
The home team scored when Jackichand Singh won a penalty after being felled by Eugenson Lyndoh from behind. Duffy, who took the penalty, beat keeper Raltte on the wrong side.
Salgaocar coach Malcolm Thomson, in order to add thrust upfront, brought in Manandeep Singh in place of Alec Sawant, but the latter looked little rusty.
Salgaocar conceded a foul just on top of the box after Gujinder Singh handled the ball and Chhetri, who stepped up to take the free kick, shot the ball to the far corner of the net, which turned out to be the winner.
Chhetri could have scored his second goal few minutes latter, but his header was kept out by Keenan Almedia on the goal line.
Mohun Bagan off to a flier
Barasat: Defending champions Mohun Bagan easily defeated debutants Aizawl FC 3-1 to begin their campaign with a bang in the I-League football tournament opener at Vidyasagar Krirangan on Saturday.
Mohun Bagan's new signing Cornell Glenn struck the opening goal of the I-League in the fifth minute before completing a brace in the 21st, while Balwant Singh completed the rout eight minutes later as the title holders sealed the issue in the first-half itself.
The newly-promoted Mizoram outfit, cheered on by about 100-odd spectators, put up a full strength squad with Alfred Jayran as sole forward, but he failed to convert any of the chances and it was Mohun Bagan defender Pritam Kotal who reduced the margin with an own goal in the 17th minute.
The title-holders, thus, opened their account with three points while the debutants were also impressive, but it was their inexperience that proved costly.
Trinidad and Tobago recruit Glenn, who switched allegiance from Shillong Lajong, combined well up front with Balwant as Mohun Bagan were off to a flier with the former slotting home the opening goal of the 2015-16 season.
Glenn received an attacking ball from the left and the former Lajong forward converted it without any fuss to open his account.
The early goal subdued the intensity of the second division champions who began on an attacking note with Jayran's impressive run from the left, and he had several raids into the Mohun Bagan box but failed to capitalise.
Aizawl had some luck going in their favour when Mohun Bagan defender Kotal managed to find his own net while trying to clear the ball from Jayran for the equaliser inside 17 minutes.
But four minutes later, Glenn restored parity by combining well with Balwant.
Balwant ran in from the left and set it up for Glenn who turned 180 degrees before shooting past AFC goalkeeper Soram Poirei.
Balwant soon opened his account as he beat the Aizawl defenders with his pace before firing in his right footer into the bottom left corner.
There was nothing much in the second half with both the sides failing to add anything to the tally.
Bagan displayed some shoddy defending after the changeover and they almost scored a second own goal when Kingshuk Debnath tried to clear the ball with a sloppy effort which just went wide of the net in the 51st minute.
With 20 minutes left, the visitors had an opportunity on the edge of the box but captain Mstluanga's freekick could not go past the wall and the rebound was then shot off into the stands. The Mizoram outfit missed a sitter in the 79th minute when Albert's shot grazed past the outside of the net.
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