Amrinder Singh: "From the first day, every player in the national team camp has put his head down & has been working extremely hard. Everyone is completely focused
Amrinder Singh: "From the first day, every player in the national team camp has put his head down & has been working extremely hard. Everyone is completely focused
Anirudh Thapa: โEverybody dreams of playing for India and now with so many young players coming in, we are all excited. There is great healthy competition in the team!โ
Sandesh Jhingan: โThe young lads in the national team are really talented & for the likes of Gurpreet, Amrinder and me, there is a degree of extra responsibility.โ
Gurpreet Singh: โItโs a big miss not having Chetri Sunil-bhai in the squad. But Iโm sure the boys will take this as an opportunity & we have to play together as a teamโ
The BlueTigers going strong in training as we inch closer and closer to the clash against Oman tomorrow!
On the back of a stellar HeroISL 2020-21, will Bipin Singh & Colaco Liston get their first cap in tomorrowโs game?
After more than a year away from international football, the Indian national team make their much-awaited return to the pitch on Thursday when they take on Oman at the Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium in Dubai. The Blue Tigers last played an international match in November 2019 before the Covid-19 pandemic brought sport to a standstill and they will be eager to mark their return to action in national colours in style.
Up against Oman in their first match in more than a year, India will know all about how difficult an opponent they are facing having lost twice against them in 2019 during the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers. The Blues Tigers lost 1-2 at home before being edged by a 1-0 scoreline in the reverse group fixture.
However, India must have learned a lot from the past two encounters against Oman and will be hoping to give a better account of themselves in the friendly on Thursday. Hero Indian Super League 2020-21โs grand success helped pave the way for many new faces in the Indian squad and it will be intriguing to see how these players adapt to international football.
The Indian football team is yet to win a single game against Oman. The Blue Tigers faced Oman nine times and have managed to eke out only two draws while losing seven fixtures. Oman registered a slender 1-0 victory in the most recent fixture between the two teams in the AFC Asian Cup 2023/FIFA World Cup 2022 qualifiers.
Indian football team Form Guide: L-D-D-D-L
Oman Form Guide: W-D-W-W-D
The game will be televised on Eurosport HD in India. Eurosport HD can be streamed on JIO TV upon subscription to a JIO network. The game is expected to be available on Discovery+ as well, upon subscription to the premium programme.
Oman Sports TV will televise the game in Oman and the official streaming service of the channel is expected to stream the game here.
The game kicks off at 05.45 PM Local Time, which is 07.15 PM Indian Standard Time (IST).
It will be a tough challenge. But the present Indian squad is capable of beating any Asian team except a few! Oman will taste defeat tonight
players will make their senior debuts as Stimac Igor names his XI for India Vs Oman
NEW BLUE TIGERS
The India starting XI sees as many as SIX players โ Akash, Ashutosh, Chinglensana, Suresh, Bipin & Jeakson โ take their international bows
All the best boys! Sky is the limit!
27โ Penalty for Oman. Abdul Al-Muqbaliโs tame shot is easily saved by Amrinder Singh.