2023-09-06 19:30:00
Bangkok
Indian football team enters the King’s Cup. India will face Iraq today at 4 pm in the first match of the four-nation tournament. The hosts Thailand will face Lebanon at 7pm. Direct semi. The winners will play the final on Sunday. India has won three tournaments this year. First won the tri-nation tournament. Later, he won the Intercontinental Cup and the Saf Cup. These victories boosted India’s FIFA rank to 99. India will be without captain Sunil Chhetri. Iraq’s rank is 70. There are three Malayalis in the Indian team. Thrissur’s KP Rahul will be along with Manveer Singh and Rahim Ali in the forward. In the middle order are Sahl Abdul Samad and Ashiq Kurunian.
Coach Iger sees the match tournament as a preparation for the AFC Asian Cup in Qatar next year. Lebanon (101) and Thailand (113) are below India in the ranking.
However, the King’s Cup is a monopoly of Thailand. Thailand, 14 times winners, 11 times runners up. India is playing in this tournament for the fourth time. It finished third in 2019 and 1977. In 1981, they were eliminated in the group stage. Iraq was the 2007 runner-up. Lebanon came third in 2009. Last year the winners were Tajikistan. Malaysia was the runner-up.
Team members
Goalkeepers:- Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Gurmeet Singh.
Defenders: Ashish Rai, Sandesh Jinkan, Anwar Ali, Mehtab Singh, Nikhil Pujari, Lalchungnunga, Akash Mishra.
Midfielders: Jeekan Singh, Suresh Singh, Ashiq Kurunian, Sahl Abdul Samad, Brendan Fernandes, Anirudh Thapa, Rohit Kumar, Mahesh Singh, Lallianzuala.
Forwards: KP Rahul, Manveer Singh, Rahim Ali.
Competition
September 7 – India x Iraq, 1st semi at 4 pm
2nd semi-Lebanon x Thailand at 7 pm
September 10 – Losers Final at 4pm
Final at 7pm
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