2 min learnMight 26, 2026 11:50 PM IST
The Indian males’s nationwide crew will play two pleasant matches towards Tajikistan away from house on June 5 and 9 in Hisor through the FIFA worldwide match window, the All India Soccer Federation (AIFF) mentioned on Tuesday. The matches will occur in Hisor, a metropolis 15km west of nationwide capital Dushanbe the place India had performed within the Central Asian Soccer Affiliation (CAFA) Nations Cup final yr.
India are presently in London to take part within the Unity Cup 2026. India can be going through Jamaica on Wednesday. Primarily based on the results of the match, India will both play the ultimate or the third-place playoff towards both Nigeria or Zimbabwe. With India failing to qualify for the 2027 Asian Cup, they are going to be making do with enjoying pleasant matches till the beginning of the following match cycle subsequent yr.
India will depart for Tajikistan from London on Might 31. Each matches will happen on the Hisor Central Stadium, which was additionally India’s venue for the CAFA Nations Cup.
The match was India’s first beneath present head coach Khalid Jamil they usually began off with a shock 2-1 win over Tajikistan, who’re presently ranked 33 locations above India within the FIFA standings for worldwide soccer. They went on to stage one other shock by ending third regardless of being the second lowest ranked crew within the match. India went previous the group stage with a win, a draw and a defeat. They certified for the third-place playoff by which the beat Oman in a tense penalty shootout 3-2 after the match itself ended 1-1 after additional time.
Nevertheless, any positivity from the end result was short-lived as India then misplaced 1-2 to Singapore in Goa in a decisive AFC Asian Cup qualifier, which confirmed their failure to qualify for the continental match. That they had certified for the final two editions of the match, making the primary time in 10 years that India received’t be showing on the Asian Cup.
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