Indian national football team captain Sunil Chhetri looks forward to taking up from where he left against Cambodia as India face Afghanistan in their second match of the Asian Cup Qualifiers at the Salt Lake stadium in Kolkata on Saturday.
On an evening of missed opportunities, the 37-year-old veteran scored a goal in each half of the match against Cambodia to give his side all three points.
Led by Chhetri, India would look to bring out their best, especially up front with the likes of Liston Colaco, Manvir Singh, Udanta Singh, Ashique Kuruniyan and Roshan Singh hoping to do justice to their finishing abilities.
From Afghanistan's point of view, it will be a do-or-die match as they would look to make every opportunity count against the Indian backline of Roshan Singh, Sandesh Jhingan, Anwar Ali and Akash Mishra.
The fitness of Roshan has been a concern after the outing against Cambodia. His fitness would be assessed during the training sessions this evening.
Though India enjoy a 6-1 record on head-to-head from 10 meetings against the 'Lions of Khorasan', they have not won against Afghanistan since January 3, 2016, in the SAFF Championships. Since then, the Blue Tigers only managed two 1-1 draws in World Cup Qualifiers.
