India 0-1 Qatar: 10 men Blue Tigers go down against the Asian champions

India went down 1-0 against Qatar as the Blue Tigets have suffered their third defeat of the 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup joint qualifiers at the Jassim Bim Hamad Stadium in Doha, on Thursday.&nbsp; Rahul Bheke was sent off in the 17th minute, after which Abdel Aziz Hatem (33') broke the deadlock but the Blue Tigers averted the heavy onslaught for the rest of the evening. India stay fourth in Group E with three points after six games while Qatar extend their lead at the top with 19 points after their seventh game.&nbsp; Igor Stimac's men next face Bangladesh and Afghanistan on June 7 and 15, respectively, at the same venue.

FULL TIME: India 0-1 Qatar

India hold on after going a man and a goal down

Abdel Aziz finds the back of the net with a shot past Pritam and beating Gurpreet in goal. The move was initiated by Abdelkarim and the assist provided by Muntari after being played through by Al Haydos

Qatar finally score

Bheke gets booked for the second time as Al Haydos' attempted cross comes off his right hand. Qatar now have a man's advantage to add to their strength

BHEKE IS SENT OFF!

Here is why... <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"> Anirudh Thapa will miss India's game against Qatar ❌ Get well soon! 🙏<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IndianFootball?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IndianFootball</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/INDQAT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#INDQAT</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BackTheBlue?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BackTheBlue</a> — Goal India (@Goal_India) <a href="https://twitter.com/Goal_India/status/1400493559690633217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 3, 2021</a></blockquote>

Why is Anirudh Thapa not in the line-up?

India are playing without the Chennaiyin midfielder in their World Cup qualifiers against Qatar

Borges sustained a hamstring injury in training, which is why Martins gets the nod in the XI. The FC Goa midfielder did well in in the Gaurs' maiden AFC Champions League run and had won praises from even the opponents' quarters. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"> 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦: Igor Stimac names the India XI to face Qatar ⚔<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IndianFootball?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IndianFootball</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BackTheBlue?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BackTheBlue</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/INDQAT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#INDQAT</a> <a href="https://t.co/4a5Cy9OECb">pic.twitter.com/4a5Cy9OECb</a> — Goal India (@Goal_India) <a href="https://twitter.com/Goal_India/status/1400484859559038982?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 3, 2021</a></blockquote>

TEAM NEWS

Glan Martins to start in place of injured Rowllin Borges for India

The Qatar left-back kept trying all evening long, from close range and far but couldn't find a way past Gurpreet. He is now replaced by Homam Ahmed&nbsp;

No more shots from Abdelkarim

The newly signed ATK Mohun Bagan forward getting a feel of playing alongside his club team-mate Manvir Singh against whom he will be battling for a spot in the XI in the ISL

India substitution

Ali Mabkhout scored the UAE national team's first goal against Malaysia, in the seventh round of qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar and the 2023 Asian Cup. With this goal, Mabkhout has scored 72 goals for his country, while Messi has scored 71. But 72 goals also means that he is on par with India skipper Sunil Chhetri among the active footballers The striker had scored a hat-trick against India in UAE's 6-0 win in a friendly in Dubai, back in March

Ali Mabkhout surpasses Messi

80' Ismail Mohamed is brought in at the back, Musaab is taken off. The pace of the game has considerably dropped in the last few minutes at least but Qatar are still in control of the ball at their feet a lot more often

Qatar change

74' Akash comes in place of Bipin, which means Ashique could be seen running down the left wing

66' Alahrak replaces Muntari. 68' Lalengmawia, a.k.a., Apuia comes in place of Glan for India

A few changes being called for

Al Haydos hits a low shot on target but Gurpreet has his angles covered well and gets down to keep it out before blocking out Abdelkarim with his feet again a couple of minutes later

More saves for Gurpreet

Cannot remember India playing more passes between themselves before this instance as Manvir holds it back for Glan before Ashique and Bipin attempt to pull ahead from the left but the left full back losing some steam eventually. Whereas Jhingan and his backline are kept on their toes for most of the time

India passing around a bit

Aziz hits on the turn but Gurpreet with strong palms against the shot. The Qatar attacks continue to pour in&nbsp;

Another save

Abdelkarim continues to tease in from the left, makes a good one-two with Abdel Aziz and forces a save from the Indian custodian at his near post

Gurpreet stands in the way

Udanta was seen warming up towards the end of the first half. India trailing by a goal and are a man down. Can Igor Stimac's tactics for the second half pay off?

Second half resumes

Gurpreet gets down to block a shot from Abdelkarim just before the referee blew his whistle for half-time, but India are clearly feeling outnumbered following the early sending off of Rahul Bheke after which Abdel Aziz broke the deadlock in the 33rd minute

HALF-TIME: India 0-1 Qatar

Abdelkarim misses again just before the whistle

While Qatar left-back Abdelkarim has been adding to India's defending woes with a shot just yards wide a couple of minutes ago, Manvir nearly found a way past the last man but for his attempt coming off the Qatari backline.

Manvir with the ball in attack!

Quite a few shots from distance from the Qatar side. Karim Boudiaf shoots wide from the last attempt from around 30 yards out. We have seen center back Bassam Hisham Alrawi try from about the same distance earlier on

Qatar trying long-rangers

Qatar nearly found the breakthrough after hitting on the counter from a rare forward array by Bipin with the Blue Tigers holding on after a good buildup by Al Haydos and Yusuf. That was soon followed by a peach of a cross from the left by Kuruniyan aimed for Manvir but Boulem Khoukhi gets the better of the ATK Mohun Bagan forward in front of goal

CHANCE FOR INDIA!

Jhingan successful with a desperate tackle to prevent taking Muntari a shot, but it's Qatar with one attack after an another at the moment. Abdelkarim heads wide from an Abdel Aziz corner

Qatar enjoying more possession

Receives a pass from the right, from Yusuf, and shoots wide. The same pair were involved minutes earlier as well, when Aziz's shot lacked the venom

Abdel Aziz misses again

Rahul Bheke gets himself booked for a foul on Al Haydos. One may find Sandesh Jhingan, who averted the last piece of danger in the box follwing Muntari's flick in the box, a bit fortunate not to concede a penalty a bit earlier when he had brought down Abdelkarim

Bheke booked early on

With Borges missing from the line-up, the FC Goa man has already made a few solid interceptions in and around the box. India are so far unable to hit on the counter with Qatar seeing more of the ball and moving the ball forward quickly to keep the men in blue in their own half&nbsp;

Glan justifies his start

A few early crosses in the Indian box, Gurpreet having to check one off'f the right foot of Yusuf.Y and left-back Abdelkarim firing wide from the resultant corner. Adbel Aziz too testing Gurpreet in goal in the opening five minutes

Qatar pushing right from the start

Sunil Chhetri was missing from the line-up when India recorded that historic goalless draw against Qatar at the very venue. The skipper is raring for action tonight!

Kick-off at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha

India kick things off, playing from left to right, in their traditional blue kit

India started their World Cup qualification&nbsp;run with a narrow 2-1 defeat at the hands of Oman at home, followed by a historic goalless draw against Asian champions Qatar in Doha. In their third and fourth matches, the Blue Tigers managed 1-1 draws&nbsp;against both Bangladesh and Afghanistan and then they suffered a 1-0 defeat against Oman away from home. Stimac's men resume their campaign&nbsp;against Qatar tonight, followed by Bangladesh and Afghanistan on June 7 and June 15 respectively.&nbsp;

Moments from kick-off

India XI: Gurpreet (GK), Bheke, Pritam, Jhingan, Bose, Ashique, Bipin, Glan, Suresh, Chhetri, Manvir subs: Dheeraj (GK), Amrinder (GK), Narender, Adil, Sahal, Pronay, Brandon, Udanta, Lalengmawia, Liston, Ishan, Akash Qatar XI: Saad (GK), Abdelkarim, Musaab, Bassam, A.Aziz, Karim, Boualem, Yusuf.Y, Almoez, M.Muntari&nbsp; subs: S.Albrake (GK), M.Abunada (GK), Homam, M.Waad, Tarek, Hashim, S.Alhajri, Abdulrasheed, A.Maarifiya, Ismail.M, A.Alahrak, Barsham

Full team sheet

Manvir leads India's attack, Almoez Ali leads the line for Qatar

The Blue Tigers&nbsp;are currently placed fourth in Group E with three points from five matches. In the earlier fixture in the group, Bangladesh (Topu Barman 84') rallied back with a late strike to hold Afghanistan (Amiruddin Mohammad Anwar Sharifi 48') to a 1-1 draw. Afghanistan and Bangladesh continue to sandwitch India with 5 and 2 points at the third and fifth spots respectively. Qatar and Oman lead the group table with 16 and 12 points respectively. India are nearly&nbsp;out of contention for the top two spots but a third-place finish is well within the reach. Finishing third can book Sunil Chhetri and co. a direct berth in the third round for the 2023&nbsp;Asian Cup&nbsp;Qualifiers.&nbsp;

How does India's table look?

India are all set to resume their World Cup qualifiers against Qatar at&nbsp;the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha, Qatar, tonight

2022 WCQ resumes for India

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