{"id":2932,"date":"2012-03-04T10:58:04","date_gmt":"2012-03-04T10:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=2932"},"modified":"2012-03-04T10:58:04","modified_gmt":"2012-03-04T10:58:04","slug":"india-leave-for-afc-challenge-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=2932","title":{"rendered":"India leave for AFC Challenge Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-2931\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/sunil-chhetri.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" India leave for AFC Challenge Cup\" width=\"250\" style=\"float: left; margin: 6px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/sunil-chhetri.jpg 330w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/sunil-chhetri-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/sunil-chhetri-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><strong>New Delhi: <\/strong>The 23-member India National Football Team left for Kathmandu to participate in the AFC Challenge Cup which kicks-off on March 8.<\/p>\n<p>India have been clubbed with DPR Korea, Philippines and Tajikistan in Group B, while Group A consists of hosts Nepal, Maldives, Palestine and Turkmenistan. The winner of the tournament will earn a ticket to the AFC Asian Cup.<\/p>\n<p>India play their first match against Tajikistan on March 9.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being drawn in the Group of Death, National Coach Savio Medeira sounded optimistic. \u201cWe are in a tough group for sure but are confident of defending the title. The team is the right blend of youth and experienced players.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AIFF Player-of-the-Year, Sunil Chhetri who had scored a hat-trick against Tajikistan to guide India to the 2011 Asian Cup added: \u201cWe are a capable side with a lot of potential. We will go all out to attain our goal for our fans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The list stays as follows:<br \/><\/strong><br \/>Goalkeepers: Karanjit Singh, Subhasish Roychowdhury, Arindam Bhattacharya.<\/p>\n<p>Defenders: Nirmal Chhetri, Raju Gaikwad, Sameer Naik, Gourmangi Singh, Anwar Ali, Kinsukh Debnath, Syed Rahim Nabi, Gurjinder <br \/>Singh.<\/p>\n<p>Midfielders: Adil Khan, Anthony Pereira, Reisangmi Vashum, Rocus Lamare, Francis Fernandes, Jewel Raja, Lenny Rodrigues, Lalrindika Ralte.<\/p>\n<p>Forwards: Sunil Chhetri, Sushil Singh, CS Sabeeth, Joaquim Abranches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-2931\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/sunil-chhetri.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" India leave for AFC Challenge Cup\" width=\"250\" style=\"float: left; margin: 6px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/sunil-chhetri.jpg 330w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/sunil-chhetri-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/sunil-chhetri-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><strong>New Delhi: <\/strong>The 23-member India National Football Team left for Kathmandu to participate in the AFC Challenge Cup which kicks-off on March 8.<\/p>\n<p>India have been clubbed with DPR Korea, Philippines and Tajikistan in Group B, while Group A consists of hosts Nepal, Maldives, Palestine and Turkmenistan. The winner of the tournament will earn a ticket to the AFC Asian Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[1481,746,1480,861,1003],"class_list":["post-2932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football-football","tag-arindam-bhattacharya","tag-karanjit-singh","tag-subhasish-roychowdhury","tag-sunil-chhetri","tag-sushil-singh"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>India leave for AFC Challenge Cup - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=2932\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"India leave for AFC Challenge Cup - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New Delhi: The 23-member India National Football Team left for Kathmandu to participate in the AFC Challenge Cup which kicks-off on March 8. 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