Last Updated: November 17, 2023, 00:39 IST
FIFA World Cup qualifiers: Indian males’s soccer crew’s Manvir Singh scored the objective to beat Kuwait (AIFF)
Manvir Singh scored to assist the Indian males’s soccer crew beat 10-man Kuwait in their World Cup qualifier.
Manvir Singh scored the one objective of the match as India defeated 10-man Kuwait 1-0 in their FIFA World Cup 2026 and AFC Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2027 Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 2 match on Thursday.
Manvir scored with a left-footed shot in the seventy fifth minute as he linked a Lallianzuala Chhangte cross to assist India win the match on the Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium.
FIFA World Cup Qualifier: India vs Kuwait – Highlights
Kuwait ended the match with 10 males as their participant Faisal Alharbi was despatched off after choosing his second yellow card in the third minute of the added time for a excessive boot problem on Chhangte.
India will tackle Asian champions Qatar subsequent in Bhubaneswar on November 21.
India are positioned in Group A alongside Qatar, Kuwait and Afghanistan with the highest two from the group progressing to the third spherical of the FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
The prime two groups from every group may also safe qualification for the 2027 AFC Asian Cup.
The Blue Tigers have by no means superior to the third spherical of AFC’s FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
Ranked 106th in the world, India had crushed Kuwait (149th) by way of penalty shootout in the ultimate of the SAFF Championships in July.
(With inputs from Agencies)
