Guwahati: With Assam all set to host the upcoming football World Cup qualifiers at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Sarusajai on September 5, the Indian men’s football team reached Guwahati on Monday ahead of their match against Oman.
The match will kick off India’s FIFA World Cup 2022 qualifying campaign, and also the joint-qualification process for the AFC Asian Cup China 2023.
Many of the players in the Indian men football squad labelled Guwahati as a special venue for them, with Sandesh Jhingan and Pritam Kotal having made their international debuts at the venue in 2015, when India took on Nepal in the qualifiers for the World Cup qualifiers.
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