Seven Indian players miss Bahrain-bound flight ahead of friendly due to visa issues, AIFF says will reach this evening
Indian football players who are to play in an international friendly match against higher-ranked Bahrain on Wednesday could not travel along with the team from Mumbai due to visa issues. Eighteen players out of the 25-member squad as well as head coach Igor Stimac and the support staff reached Manama on Monday, where the national team is to play international friendlies against hosts Bahrain on Wednesday and against Belarus on Saturday. Goalkeeper Amrinder Singh, defenders Chinglensana Singh and Akash Mishra and midfielders Anirudh Thapa, Brandon Fernandes, Aniket Yadav and Bipin Singh could not board the flight along with their team-mates on Monday as their visa approval did not come on time.
