International Friendlies News

The Indian women's team recently played four friendly matches in the middle-east, having defeated UAE (4-1), Bahrain (5-0), Chinese Taipei (1-0) and losing the remainder to Tunisia (0-1). with the eves in great form, they are now set to face-off Swedish tier 1 side Hammarby IF, on October 20.

Indian forward Rahim Ali, who made his International debut against Nepal on Thursday evening, admitted that the senior players of the squad have been extremely supportive towards him. Even though India settled for a 1-1 draw against a low-ranked Nepal side, Rahim was awarded the 'Man of the Match'.

The Indian football team could get to play one of their biggest matches in recent times if AIFF manages to execute their plans to perfection and fix a date with 2018 World Cup runners-up Croatia. AIFF general secretary Kushal Das held initial talks about the matter during his visit to Zagreb.