The Indian football team suffered a major setback before their match against the Maldives in Shillong because a star attacker was excluded due to an injury. This adds more pressure on Sunil Chhetri.
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In a hard blow for the Indian football team, the Manvir Singh striker was released from the national camp due to an injury. The Indian football team will face the Maldives in an international friendly match on Wednesday (March 19) and Bangladesh on March 25 during its first qualifications of the Asia Cup of the AFC 2027.
The Indian team receives Manvir Singh Blow
Manvir Singh will now return to the base camp of his Mohun Bagan Super Giant club in Kolkata
“Mandor Singh was released from the Indian team due to an injury. Manvir left camp in Shillong and returned to Kolkata,” said Aiff on X.
While Manvir plays as a right winger for this super giant of the Mohun Bagan club in the Indian Super League (ISL), he is mainly a attacker and a senior player in the Indian national team. He scored seven goals in 46 matches for India.
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Manvir scored five goals and made four assists for Mohun Bagan in 23 matches of the current ISL season. His absence will exert more pressure on Sunil Chhetri, 40, who recently reversed his international retirement to play again for India.
The Indian football team was forced to bring Chhetri because of a lack of goal score options and the recent handling injury only adds to their headache.
