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India: World Cup qualifiers postponed, no national camp this month

The second-round 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup joint qualifiers, which was scheduled to be held in March and June 2020, has been postponed.

The Blue Tigers were scheduled to host Qatar in their sixth match of the qualifying round on March 26 but the match will now be played at a later date.

"For both FIFA and the AFC, the well-being and health of all individuals involved in football matches remains the highest priority, and as such, a formal proposal to postpone upcoming matches in the Asian FIFA World Cup 2022 and AFC Asian Cup 2023 qualifiers will now be shared with the relevant member associations.