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Sleepless after Brazil, Akash Mishra turns focus to Uruguay!

Akash Mishra did not sleep on Saturday night. The Brazil game was over, the photographs had been taken, and the occasion that Indian football had waited so long for was already slipping into history. But for Mishra, there was little romance left once the final whistle had gone. India had …

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Admiration can wait for 90 minutes, says Akash Mishra ahead of triple friendlies!

The prospect of facing Panama, Brazil and Uruguay on home soil has added to the excitement around the Indian camp, but defender Akash Mishra knows the Blue Tigers must set their opponents’ stature aside once the matches begin. For Mishra, the three fixtures offer India an invaluable opportunity to test …

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Akash Mishra raring to begin second chapter with national team!

In the period between March 2022 and March 2024, the Indian senior men’s team played 29 matches. Akash Mishra featured in 24 of them, playing the full 90 minutes in 17 of them. There cannot be sterner evidence that demonstrates the Blue Tigers’ reliance on him at left-back. Commendably, that …

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