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After getting the okay from the Qatari authorities, the Indian national football team are set to head to Doha on Wednesday, May 19 to prepare themselves for their three remaining 2022 FIFA World Cup/2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers.
Qatar have accepted the All India Football Federation’s (AIFF) request to allow its players to train besides to waive the mandatory 10-day hard quarantine after reaching Doha. The players will have a preparatory camp of nearly two weeks in a secure bio-bubble in Qatar before the first match on June 3 against the home nation.
“We are planning to fly the team on May 19 evening. There will be no quarantine (of the players) and they will be in a bio-bubble,” AIFF general secretary Kushal Das told agencies.
He further stated that the players will assemble in New Delhi and they will be tested for COVID-19 before their departure to Qatar.
India are set to face hosts Qatar (June 3), Bangladesh (June 7), and Afghanistan (June 15) in their three remaining joint second round 2022 FIFA World Cup/2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers in Doha.
