India had already won against Mongolia and Vanuatu in their first two matches. Hence, a lot of senior players including skipper Sunil Chhetri were benched for this match.
India play against Nepal on September 2 and 5 in Kathmandu.
Syed Shahid Hakim, former India footballer and member of the last national team that played in the 1960 Rome Olympics, died on Sunday at a hospital in Gulbarga.
The Indian team's defensive mainstay Jhingan is expected to join Croatian top division club HNK Sibenik, making use of a clause that allows him to leave his current club ATK Mohun Bagan.
The points gained in their last two qualifying matches for the 2022 FIFA World Cup helping them remain in position.
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India are at the fourth spot in Group E and are not yet guaranteed an automatic berth in the third round of the Asian Cup qualifiers.
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India's record goal-scorer Chhetri was ruled out of the match in Doha due to fever.
Bhutia stressed on the importance of continuously producing quality players for the national team by focussing on the grassroots.
Rijiju said the talent hunt initiative, to be funded by the Sports Authority of India under the Khelo India Programme in partnership with the All India Football Federation, will be the "most aggressive exercise" ever done.
Currently with his family in Imphal due to the prevailing coronavirus outbreak and subsequent lockdown, Gouramangi has spent the break from football expanding his kitchen garden by growing different varieties of vegetables with his siblings.
No significant change in the FIFA ranking was noticed as international matches have been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic which has claimed more than 4 lakh lives across the world.
The AFC has praised the member associations, including India, which are doing a "lot of social work to help the distressed in this hour of global crisis."
Several members of the Indian football team have come forward to lend a helping hand by contributing for the cause.
India's away friendly against Tajikistan on March 31 is also all but certain to be postponed.
The Indian team is out of the reckoning for a 2022 World Cup berth but Stimac said the country will have a chance to qualify for the 2026 edition.
There have been concerns raised over underfoot conditions of the Kalinga Stadium with some ISL away team coaches not being too pleased with the pitch.
India began the second round of the qualifiers with a narrow 1-2 defeat to higher-ranked Oman before a memorable goal-less draw against Asian champions Qatar in Doha in September.
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