Stimac Looking To Test Newcomers In Friendlies

New Delhi: The head coach of the Indian senior men's football team, Igor Stimac has said that he plans to give chances to as many newcomers as possible in the run-up to the final qualifiers for the AFC Men's Asian Cup 2023. India are scheduled to play Bahrain on March 23 and Belarus on March 26 and the players are currently in a camp at Pune, preparing for the two international friendlies.

Stimac has picked a few newcomers like midfielder VP Suhair, who scored four goals in the ISL 2021-22; Jerry Mawihmingthanga, who had earlier been a part of the India U23 squad; defender Roshan who has caught everyone's eyes with his inch-perfect crosses and stabbing tackles; central defender Anwar Ali, who was part of the U-17 FIFA World Cup campaign in 2017 and midfielder Danish Farooq, who scored three goals in the ISL 2021-22 edition.

And the manager said he is going to give some game time to all of them and also test as many newcomers as possible in the buildup to the AFC Asian Cup qualifiers in June.

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