File picture of Indian soccer staff.© AIFF
Shillong’s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium will host the Indian senior males’s nationwide staff’s two matches that they’ll play in the course of the FIFA worldwide window in March, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) stated on Tuesday. The announcement got here just some days after the identical venue hosted NorthEast United’s dwelling match of the Indian Super League (ISL), the primary in Meghalaya, in opposition to Mumbai City on February 7. “This is the primary time that JLN Shillong will (host) senior males’s worldwide matches after the stadium was refurbished final 12 months,” the AIFF stated in a launch.
“The 15,100-seater enviornment has hosted matches in home tournaments and leagues, just like the Durand Cup, Indian Super League, I-League, I-League 2nd Division amongst others.” In the primary match, India will play in opposition to Maldives on March 19 in a global pleasant as a part of preparations for the AFC Asian Cup 2027 Qualifiers Final Round marketing campaign.
The second match might be in opposition to Bangladesh on March 25, India’s first recreation of the AFC Asian Cup 2027 Qualifiers Final Round.
India have been drawn in Group C of the AFC Asian Cup 2027 Qualifiers Final Round, together with Hong Kong, Singapore and Bangladesh.
The groups will play one another twice in a home-and-away round-robin format until March 2026. The group winners will make it to the Asian Cup match correct.
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