Indian Football Team: Possible Starting XI against Qatar in World Cup Qualifiers today
Published on: Jun 3, 2021 3:51 pm IST|Updated on: Jun 3, 2021 4:29 pm IST
The Indian football team will be squaring off to Qatar at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, for the upcoming Group E fixture in the Fifa World Cup 2022 Qualifiers. India currently find themselves in at the 4th spot in their group having drawn three and lost two games so far. Their draws were up against Qatar, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. The defeats were against Oman on both occasions.
At this stage, it looks highly unlikely for the Blue Tigers to advance from the World Cup Qualifiers into the mega event later in 2022. Although, Qatar would have been disappointed with their draw to India a few months ago, the hosts of the World Cup bounced back in grand manner and won five games on the bounce which places them on top of Group E.
The #BlueTigers ? look back at the historic night in Doha, when they pulled off a great result against Qatar ?? in 2019 ?@GurpreetGK @SandeshJhingan @sahal_samad #INDQAT ⚔️ #WCQ ? #BackTheBlue ? #IndianFootball ⚽ pic.twitter.com/csmGTMQm0d
— Indian Football Team (@IndianFootball) June 3, 2021
India Possible Starting XI
The Indian football team news is that Rowlin Borges and Chinglensana Singh are on the sidelines due to injury. Nevertheless, the Indian football team captain, Sunil Chhetri and his men will be aiming to make things difficult for Qatar, like they did in the reverse fixture. The first game ended in a goalless stalemate.
India Starting XI (likely)
Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Pritam Kotal, Narendar Gahlot, Jhingan, Akash Mishra, Anirudh Thapa, Glan Martins, Brandon Fernandes, Bipin Singh, Sunil Chhetri, Manvir Singh
Qatar Starting XI (likely)
Saad Al Sheeb, Bassam Al-Rawi, Tarek Salman, Boualem Khoukhi, Karim Boudiaf, Hassan Al-Haydos, Abdulaziz Hatem, Hassan Al-Haydos, Pedro Carvalho, Almoez Ali, Ahmed Alaaeldin
Watch India vs Qatar Live
The Blue Tigers will be in action at 10:30 PM, with Qatar being the host nation of World Cup Qualifiers. The game will be broadcasted on the Star Sports Network, as well as Disney + Hotstar and JIO TV Football for Live Streaming.