The Indian men's national team maintained their 104th rank in the world and 19th in Asia in the latest FIFA men's rankings released on February 18.
Igor Stimac's side ended the year 2020 on 104th position without playing a single match due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
India were supposed to host Qatar in March 2020 before facing Bangladesh and Afghanistan in the remainder of their 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup joint qualification matches from Group E. However, amid the Coronavirus pandemic the fixtures, after initially being postponed to October, now are set to take place in June 2021.