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India vs Kuwait Live Score, Sunil Chhetri Last Match: The FIFA World Cup Qualifiers 2026 match never got any bigger than this from Indian football fans' perspective as India face Kuwait in a virtual do-or-die affair against Kuwait at the Salt Lake Stadium or VBYK in Kolkata on June 6 -- Thursday.
(Refresh the page frequently for faster updates) However, fans are thronging to the iconic stadium to bid adieu to Indian football legend Sunil Chhetri, who marks this all-important game as his last match in national colours.
Sunil Chhetri breaks down into tears
Sunil Chhetri breaks down into tears right after taking a lap of the ground as his teammates form a guard of honour for him in his send-off!
MyKhel will like to bid goodbye to the legend for serving the national team and Indian football for two decades!
We fold our Live coverage on that note. Keep following our website as updates and reaction from Sunil Chhetri, Igor Stimac and fans are to follow soon!
Sunil Chhetri Farewell Match: IND 0-0 KUW at FT
Crowds bid good bye to Sunil Chhetri as the captain takes a lap around the ground to thank the crowd. Amazingly no let down in the crowd's noise despite 90 minutes of backing the national team!
India vs Kuwait Live: Full Time statistics
Full Time statistics
India vs Kuwait Live Score: Group A points table
India remain 2nd in the group with 5 points now. However, they will now have to pray that Kuwait lose to Afghanistan or at least draw in their last group game while India's loss against Kuwait seems imminent
Sunil Chhetri Last Match Live: Full time!
The referee blows the final whistle moments after Brandon Fernandes's freekick agonisingly goes out for a goalkick! Both sides share spoils. Stay tuned as the updated points table is coming up next!
IND 0-0 KUW at FT
FIFA WC Qualifiers Live Updates: Freekick
90+5' Late freekick for India as Edmund Lalrindika is fouled 30-odd yards from the box. That's an indirect freekick opportunity for India!
IND 0-0 KUW
India vs Kuwait Live Updates
90+4' Tension flares late in the match as Lalrindika and Sami Al-Sanea go physical during a duel near the touchline. No cards shown as the referee was quick to control the situation
IND 0-0 KUW
FIFA World Cup Qualifiers 2026 Live Score
90+2' A late surge in attack by India as they finally breached into the Kuwait box with back-to-back crosses from either flank but the opponent's defense looked too tight
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IND vs KUW Live Score: 7 minutes added
90+1' The referee adds seven minutes of stoppage time while India are struggling to get out of their own half
Sunil Chhetri Farewell Match: IND 0-0 KUW
88' A lean spell in the game as we head towards a draw. The result will keep India in the second spot with 5 points but Kuwait will take it like a win as they face Afghanistan next while India face mighty Qatar
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India vs Kuwait Live Score: Substitution
83' Fourth substitution by Igor Stimac and he hands debut to Edmund Lalrindika, who comes on for Jay Gupta
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Sunil Chhetri Last Match Live
82' Kuwait shows some quality in attack following the changes as Sultan Alenezi makes a deep run into the box but couldn't find a way to shoot as Indian defense looked sturdy
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FIFA WC Qualifiers Live Updates: Substitution
80' A double substitution by Kuwait as Ali Matar and Sultan Alenezi for Al-Rashidi and yellow-carded Redha Abujabarah
IND 0-0 KUW
India vs Kuwait Live Updates: Close call for penalty
75' Kuwait forward Yousef Al-Sulaiman goes down inside the box following a neat through ball into the box. Yousef goes down under slight contact by Anwar Ali before Sandhu collects the ball. The referee ignores any plea for penalty!
IND 0-0 KUW
FIFA World Cup Qualifiers 2026 Live Score: Substitution
71' Third substitution by India as Manvir Singh comes on the left wing for Liston Colaco as Stimac puts fresh legs on the wings
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IND vs KUW Live Score: Mohammad Abdullah shoots wide!
69' Mohammad Abdullah shoots wide some 30-odd yards following a build by Kuwait. The game has turned cagey in the last few minutes marred with stray passing aplenty by both sides
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Sunil Chhetri Farewell Match: IND 0-0 KUW
68' Kuwait are finding some momentum going forward again with Al Harbi making his mazy runs to keep Jay Gupta under pressure in left-back position
India vs Kuwait Live Score: Substitution
64' First Substitution by Kuwait as Ahmad Aldehfiri comes on for Faisal Al-Harbi in the midfield
IND 0-0 KUW
Sunil Chhetri Last Match Live: Al-Rashidi shoots off target!
62' Al-Rashidi shoots off target following an incisive run from the left-flank while playing one-two with couple of his teammates to get near to the box!
IND 0-0 KUW
FIFA WC Qualifiers Live Updates: Corner
60' Back-to-back four corners for India but Kuwait keep all the danger at bay as the Middle-East side are clearly winning the physical battle!
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India vs Kuwait Live Updates: Corner!
57' Chhangte wins a corner for India following a darting run into the box from the right flank while Poojari puts a through ball for him into the box!
FIFA World Cup Qualifiers 2026 Live Score: Yellow card!
56' First yellow card of the match and it goes to Kuwait's Hasan Alanezi, who makes a rash tackle on Rahim Ali in India's half
IND 0-0 KUW
IND vs KUW Live Score: Freekick!
54' Colaco wins an indirect freekick for India some 30-odd yards from the goal as midfielder Redha Abujabarah takes him down to check his darting run!
The resulting indirect freekick by Brandon goes out for a goalkick as he fails to find Chhetri at the near post
Sunil Chhetri Farewell Match: SAVE!
52' Gurpreet Singh Sandhu makes an acrobatic save at the near post following a powerful shot by Eid Al-Rashidi right after pulling away from Jay Gupta!
India vs Kuwait Live Score: Rahim Ali goes wide again!
51' Rahim Ali goes wide again in front of the goal with another weak shot under pressure after Rahul Bheke put him through to the goal with a long ball from the back!
Sunil Chhetri Last Match Live
49' By the looks of it, India have changed to a 4-4-1-1 formation instead of a 4-2-3-1 from the first half as Chhetri has dropped to a second striker role to fill up the gap left by Sahal
FIFA WC Qualifiers Live Updates: Rahim Ali's shot blocked!
48' Rahim Ali shoots directly at the keeper following a brilliant counter-attack by India! A wonderful chance goes begging as Rahim Ali fails to put power behind the shot while going for the far post!
The opportunity comes right after a save by Gurpreet Singh Sandhu at the other end following a shot by Al-Harbi from a tight angle!
IND 0-0 KUW
India vs Kuwait Live Updates: Kick-off!
46' The second half is underway!
IND 0-0 KUW
FIFA World Cup Qualifiers 2026 Live Score: Substitution
Substitution: Brandon Fernandes and Rahim Ali come on for Sahal Abdul Samad and Anirudh Thapa. No changes by Kuwait
IND vs KUW Live Score: 2nd half to begin soon
Players are coming back to the field for the second half and by the looks of it Brandon Fernandes and Rahim Ali are coming on at the break
India are currently placed second on the points table with four points while being locked on points with Afghanistan, who are trailing behind on goal difference of -7. This means a victory against Kuwait tonight for India will virtaully seal their spot in the third round of FIFA World Cup Qualifiers 2026, an unprecedented achievement for Indian football.
However, it will be a mistake to take Kuwait lightly irrespective of the fact that Blue Tigers defeated them 1-0 through a Manvir Singh goal in the first leg back in November to bring the hopes of third round alive. Kuwait are currently fourth and last in the group with three points but a win for them tonight will put them second behind Asian Champions Qatar, who are in a league of their own with four wins out of as many games and have sealed their third round berth as group winners.
For India, things are looking tricky as they missed the chance to seal the berth earlier by failing to beat Afghanistan away and then losing the return leg 2-1 in Guwahati. The results have put head coach Igor Stimac's job on the line and a negative result tonight may very well be his farwell from Indian football as well.
Looking at the head-to-head, this will be the seventh match between the two nations with each sides winning two matches each. Interestingly both of Indian wins came from their last two games, including a win on penalties during the SAFF Championships 2023 Final in Bengaluru.
India vs Kuwait Predicted Lineup
India: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu; Jay Gupta, Anwar Ali, Rahul Bheke, Subhasish Bose; Sahal Abdul Samad, Jeakson Singh, Brandon Fernandes, Manvir Singh; Sunil Chhetri, Vikram Partap Singh
Manager: Igor Stimac
Kuwait: Sulaiman Abdulghafour; Rashed Al-Dosary, Khalid El Ebrahim, Hassan Al-Enezi, Hamad Al-Harbi; Salman Bormeya, Eid Al-Rasheedi, Azbi Shehab; Faisal Zayed, Mohammad Daham; Yousef Nasser
Manager: Rui Bento
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