India vs Kuwait Live: And it is a momentous occasion. The day has arrived when Sunil Chhetri will play his last match for National colours. India will be looking for an early goal in the game, especially from their ace skipper Sunil Chhetri.
As for the Indian Football Team, a win today against Kuwait will more or less secure a spot in Round 3 of the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers.
Chances wasted!
61′ – Barrages of corner from the Indian side as the Blue Tigers shift their gear. But the set pieces have been sub-par as India waste 3 corners in succession.
Saved!
52′ – Gurpreet Singh Sandu puts out a blinding save from a wonder-strike from Eid Alrashidi
MISS!
48′ – What a chance for India! Rahim Ali with a good run, fails to beat the keeper and and puts the ball into the safe hands of goalie Abdulghafoor.
Dual Changes for India
46′ – Second half to start soon as India make two changes.
OUT – Sahal, Thapa
IN – Rahim, Brandon
Second half!
And we patiently await the start of the second half!
Half Time!
HT – And with that comes the end of a scrappy half of football. Both the teams have lacked momentum and have failed to convert their chances.
IND 0-0 KUW
Approaching Half Time!
45′ – There will be 4 minutes of added time. Kuwait go for one final attack and it yields to nothing.
Half and hour gone!
30′ – Half and hour has passed and now the opponents are growing frustrated. Kuwait have been involved in some few crunchy tackles and Poojary and Chhangte have been in the receiving end of it.
Defence on Shambles!
25′ – A wonderful chance for Kuwait to make it 1-0. The Indian side all out in the attack, forgot to close out their lines and the Kuwait forward tried to dink the ball over Sandhu but failed to put the ball into the back of the net.
Good chance for India!
11′ – A good move from India. Liston Colaco dances down the left flank to lay off a pass for an Advancing Sunil Chhetri. But the ball was cleared off at the death by a Kuwaiti defender. India got another chance from the resulting corner as Anwar Ali’s header goes a tad wide.
Early chance for Kuwait!
3′ – What a chance for Kuwait! Mohammad Daham with a brilliant move down the left flank. The forward beats Bheke with relative ease but fails to put the ball into the net after beating Gurpreet! Early save for India.
Kick off!
0′ – The National Anthem and it is kick off!
30 minutes to go!
Just the final warm-up session as both teams are ready to take the field in an epic clash!
Warmup continues!
Just 30 minutes to go and the teams continue their warmup sessions!
Kolkata chants “Chhetri Chhetri”
The match for the Man and the crowd continues to lend their voice for the departing skipper!
Chhetri, Chhetri Chant!
Women fans continue to lend their support to Sunil Chhetri!
Fans continue to flock at the YBK!
Less than an hour to go and the fans continue to wait outside to enter the stadium!
Kuwait Playing XI is here
Meshari Alenezi, Khaled Ibrahim, Mohammad Abdulah, Faisal Alharbi, Eid Alrashidi, Rashed Aldousari, Redha Abujabarah, Athbi Saleh, Yousef Alsulaiman (C), Hasan Alanezi, Sulaiman Abdulghafoor
India Starting XI is here
Sunil Chhetri is all set to lead the team for one last time at the VYBK. At the same time Jay Gupta makes his international debut. Sahal Abdul Samad starts, while, the defender Subhashish Bose is on bench.
Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Rahul Bheke, Anwar Ali, Jay Gupta, Anirudh Thapa, Suresh Singh Wangjam, Sunil Chhetri (C), Liston Colaco, Lallianzuala Chhangte, Sahal Abdul Samad, Nikhil Poojary
Queue, Queue, Queue?
The match kicks off at 7 PM, but the supporters and fans have already started to arrive at the stadium before 4 PM. Here is a glimpse of the array of supporters outside the gates of the stadium.
Thundershower!
The rain looks eminent as the sky is likely to open up. Probably tears for Sunil Chhetri’s last game!
Rain, rain go Away!
The rain looks eminent at the Yuba Bharati Stadium in Kolkata. The thundershower continues and the the sky looks gloomy!
Hello and Welcome!
Hello and Welcome to the Live blog of India vs Kuwait clash!
Gurpreet Singh Sandhu; Nikhil Poojary, Anwar Ali, Rahul Bheke, Subhasish Bose; Anirudh Thapa, Jeakson Singh; Manvir Singh, Brandon Fernandes, Lallianzuala Chhangte; Sunil Chhetri
Sulaiman Abdulghafour; Rashed Al-Dosary, Khalid El Ebrahim, Hassan Al-Enezi, Salman Bormeya; Eid Al-Rasheedi; Hamad Al-Harbi, Faisal Zayed, Azbi Shehab, Mohammad Daham; Yousef Nasser
Fans in India can witness Sunil Chhetri’s last match with relative ease. The India vs Kuwait FIFA World Cup 2026 Round 2 Qualifiers can be live streamed on JioCinema.
India Football Team fans will be able to witness the highly anticipated India vs Kuwait match with gaiety. The FIFA World Cup Qualifiers will be live broadcasted on the Sports18 Network in India.
