India qualified in third place for the play-off match after he was held on a stalemate by Afghanistan in their last group B Encounter in the Cafa Nations Cup 2025, in the Hisor Central Stadium in Hisor, Tajikistan, on Thursday, September 4, 2025. The Blue Tigan had to wait in the second match in the day between the Wwsws and Between the Winds and Between Wined and Between Wined and Between Wws Wined and Between Wwst Wws and Between Wws Wined and Between Wined and Between Wined and Between Wined and Between Wined and Between Wined and Between Wined and Between Wined and Between Wined and Between Wws and Between Wined and Between Wined and Between Wined and Between Wined and Between Wined and Between Wined and Between Wined and Between Wined and Between Wined and Bet As For The Wined and Tayist. learned.
The men of Khalid Jamil finished the group in second place with four points (a victory, a loss and a draw), while Iran Groep B stood with seven points from three games each. Hosts Tadjikistan, on four points, and Afghanistan were beaten from the tournament at one point. India finished for Tajikistan on the basis of a better head-to-head record after they had defeated them 2-1 in the first game. The Blue Tigers now play third place at the same location on 8 September.
They will see the team that ends second in group A. As it now looks, Oman and Uzbekistan are locked up at four points per piece and occupy the top two places in the group; Both have the same target difference (+1) and have scored the same number of goals in their two games (3). Turkmenistan and Kyrgyz Republic are third and fourth respectively, with one point each. Oman plays Turkmenistan, while Uzbekistan is facing Kyrgyz Republic on Friday 5 September on the last day of Group A; Both games are played in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Afghanistan started the game on the front foot, although India created more clear opportunities in the opening fairs on the counter. A bit after the quarter of the quarter, Ashique Kuruniyan succeeded in breaking on to the left and cut back for Irfan Yadwad, who missed his shot.
India goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu was taken into action in the 24th minute, when he made a smart salvation of a long shot by Ali Reza Panahi. Minutes later Yadwad was played in the Afghanistan box, but his final shot went wide from the distant pole.
Ashian managed to close Afghanistan Center-back Mahboob Hanifi in the 34th minute and stable the ball in the box, and only goalkeeper Faisal Ahmad Hamidi had to beat, but the last smothered the ball. The wing player of India received a booking for clashing with Hamidi in his efforts to reach the ball.
Jithin Ms, who got his first start in India colors, tipped around his marker on the right and squared it to Ashique, minutes before the half-time interval, but the shot of the last from the edge of the area was blocked. Jithin had another chance in the first half of injury time, when he came on the edge of the Afghanistan box on the edge of the Afghanistan box and shot the ball painfully over the woodwork.
India got more control over the game after the change of ends, head coach Khalid Jamil chooses to introduce Manvir Singh (JR) and Vikram Partap Singh into the fight.
The first real chance of half came around the hourly marking, when Nikhil Prabhu, with the outside of his boot, screwed one through the ball to a chasing Jithin, but it was just out of reach of the last one.
Jithin had another chance after the long throw of Uvais Jithin found in the distant pole, but his shot passed into the 66th minute.
Afghanistan perhaps had the best chance of playing in the 71st minute, when Hossein Zamani returned one from the right to Yama Sherzad, whose shot was tipped on the Dwarsbalk.
The lions of Khorasan began to get more momentum towards the end of the game, but the defense of the Blue Tigers held up to earn the draw and qualified for the play -offs.
India XI: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (GK), Rahul Bheke (C), Anwar Ali, Nikhil Prabhu, Suresh Singh Wangjam (Danish Farooq Bhat 81 ‘), Irfan Yadwad (Vikram Partap Singh 46’), Mah. Naorem (Lallianzuala Chhange 81 ‘), Hmingthanmawia Ralte, Jithin MS (Udanta Singh Kumam 81’), Muhammed Uvais (Roshan Singh Naorem 90+1 ‘), Ashique Kuruniyan (Manvir Singh Jrr’).
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