On Thursday (March 25), The Indian football team played first international match after a long time gap from November 2019. Let us share that Indian Football team reached Dubai to take the field against Oman in an international friendly in Dubai on March 25. Here it is the most mention thing is that India will be without their talismanic captain Sunil Chhetri, who contracted COVID-19 on March 11 and is currently under recovering from the disease in home quarantine.

Talking about the ongoing match, the All Indian Football Federation’s (AIFF) move to play international friendlies against strong teams like Oman and the UAE ahead of the joint 2022 World Cup and 2023 Asian Cup qualifying round matches in June have been hailed by Stimac and Chhetri. It is expected to be a tough match against Oman who have beaten India in both the legs of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers in 2019.

However, here it is needed to mention that Oman are ranked 81st in the FIFA chart while India are at 104th but Stimac's men should take confidence from the fact that they were on equal terms with the Gulf side in the home leg match of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers in Guwahati.

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