The 2020 I-League qualifiers are set to begin in West Bengal on Thursday as the country gets ready to welcome back sports amid the Coronavirus pandemic.
Bhawanipore FC will be the first to take the pitch against Bengaluru United at 12:30 pm IST and the opener will be played at the Salt Lake stadium.
The Kolkata-based side's head coach Sankarlal Chakraborty is delighted to welcome back football after a break of over five months.
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"We knew from the beginning that there won't be fans. The fact that football is starting is more important for now," said the former Mohun Bagan coach via a virtual press conference on Wednesday.