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India vs Bangladesh 2022 World Cup qualifier: Preview, teams, venue, kick off time, where to watch, live streaming

In their previous match, the Blue Tigers had held AFC Asian Cup Champions Qatar in their own den to a goalless draw.

Indian football team

Bengaluru, October 14: India will have to guard against complacency when they host Bangladesh at Kolkata's Salt Lake Stadium in a Group E encounter of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Zone qualifiers of FIFA World Cup 2022.

The Road to Qatar 2022 began on a disheartening note to India when they lost to Oman 1-2 at home despite leading 1-0 as they conceded two goals in the last 10 minutes.

But the Blue Tigers bounced back quickly to hold AFC Asian Cup 2019 champions Qatar in their own den to a goalless draw in the next match.

Buoyed by the performance against Qatar, India will be eyeing full three points against Bangladesh, but coach Igor Stimac was candid while admitting that they cannot afford to sit on the pat laurels.

"Now we need to put our heads together, forget about the Qatar game and prepare ourselves for a very different approach to the next two games. We need to make sure we play organised and effective football to win," Stimac was quoted as saying by the AFC website.

Stimac philosophy

Stimac philosophy

The Croatian has had inculcated a fresh work culture with the team and the results are slowly showing. Right now Stimac is fully on securing their first three-point haul in Group E.

"We've just started our work and our dream of progressing to the third round of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 is still alive. We're going to fight for it until the end," he added.

Squad sans Sandesh

Squad sans Sandesh

Barring Sandesh Jhingan, who suffered an injury in the friendly match against Northeast United FC, and an injured Anwar Ali (Jr), Halicharan Narzary, Farukh Choudhary and Nishu Kumar are released from the camp as Stimac named his 23-member squad.

Goalkeepeers: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Amrinder Singh, Kamaljit Singh.

Defenders: Pritam Kotal, Rahul Bheke, Adil Khan, Narender, Sarthak Golui, Anas Edathodika, Mandar Rao Desai, Subhasish Bose.

Midfielders: Udanta Singh, Nikhil Poojary, Vinit Rai, Anirudh Thapa, Abdul Sahal, Raynier Fernandes, Brandon Fernandes, Lallianzuala Chhangte, Ashique Kuruniyan.

Forwards: Sunil Chhetri, Balwant Singh, Manvir Singh.

Attacking game

Attacking game

The performance against 2022 FIFA World Cup hosts Qatar in their own backyard was a pointer that Indian football national team is closing the gap with the leading countries in Asia.

A win against Bangladesh will only help it improve further and an attacking game as Stimac said would be the key, "In the first two games, we proved that we can play attacking football and zonal defending with great discipline. The players are enjoying it and, as far as I'm concerned, our fans also love it. What else could I ask for?"

Kick-off time, where to watch

Kick-off time, where to watch

The match to be held at Kolkata's famous Salt Lake Stadium will begin at 7.30pm IST.

It will be shown live on Star Sports Network channels. Live streaming will be available on Hotstar and Jio TV.

Story first published: Tuesday, October 15, 2019, 10:03 [IST]
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