Yeah like we will still need the experience of Manvir and Farukh but we can have Rahim and Rahul KP/Vikram Pratap in the squad. No Sunil ofcourse Similarly the mid should have Suresh, Amarjit,Apuia kind of players along with maybe Glan. Defence should have Sana, Narender, Sumit Rathi, Akash, Rai..no need for Kotal,Bose etc
Today India dropped to 110. Estonia crossed India. Rankings are changing all the time due to world cup qualifiers being played everywhere. Just one example - Central African Republic gained 7 places in Ranking due to win over Nigeria.
Tajikistan is at 116. India should be careful and not drop any points against Nepal and Maldives. Because if Tajikistan gets better of India in Ranking, we will drop to Pot 2 for AFC Third Round Dtaw.
After Oct 21st FIFA calendar, we may improve our rank from 107 to 106 (1 place).
Even N. Korea, Tajikistan & Thailand are not going to play any friendlies. Hence our position in Pot1 is guaranteed while picking draw for AFC Asian Cup - Third round qualifiers.
But as I mentioned earlier, even if we are in Pot1, there is a possibility, we will getting Kuwait/Thailand/Korea DPR/Tajikistan/Turkmenistan/Philippines (Pot2 teams) and these Pot2 teams are are more or less equal to Jordan, Bahrain , Palestine & Kyrgyzstan ( Pot 1 teams). Only advantage is we will avoid Uzbekistan (top team in third round qualifiers) if we are in pot1 and we have history of facing difficulty while playing in Uzbekistan (Senior NT or Club).
North Korea decision to not play Qualifiers has benefited India a lot. India will be in pot 1. Pot 2 teams will be challenging.
In pot 3 Afghanistan and Yemen are very weak due to political reasons. As long as we avoid Malaysia and Indonesia from pot 3 and 4 Other teams are beatable
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Similarly the mid should have Suresh, Amarjit,Apuia kind of players along with maybe Glan.
Defence should have Sana, Narender, Sumit Rathi, Akash, Rai..no need for Kotal,Bose etc
Next Ranking is scheduled on October 21st.
Hopefully SAFF Championship will give us some much needed points
Estonia crossed India.
Rankings are changing all the time due to world cup qualifiers being played everywhere.
Just one example - Central African Republic gained 7 places in Ranking due to win over Nigeria.
Tajikistan is at 116.
India should be careful and not drop any points against Nepal and Maldives. Because if Tajikistan gets better of India in Ranking, we will drop to Pot 2 for AFC Third Round Dtaw.
Even N. Korea, Tajikistan & Thailand are not going to play any friendlies. Hence our position in Pot1 is guaranteed while picking draw for AFC Asian Cup - Third round qualifiers.
But as I mentioned earlier, even if we are in Pot1, there is a possibility, we will getting Kuwait/Thailand/Korea DPR/Tajikistan/Turkmenistan/Philippines (Pot2 teams) and these Pot2 teams are are more or less equal to Jordan, Bahrain , Palestine & Kyrgyzstan ( Pot 1 teams). Only advantage is we will avoid Uzbekistan (top team in third round qualifiers) if we are in pot1 and we have history of facing difficulty while playing in Uzbekistan (Senior NT or Club).
India will be in pot 1.
Pot 2 teams will be challenging.
In pot 3 Afghanistan and Yemen are very weak due to political reasons.
As long as we avoid Malaysia and Indonesia from pot 3 and 4
Other teams are beatable