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'Bangladesh are annoying' - India boss Igor Stimac expecting defensive challenge

India scored a late equaliser in the first leg of the qualification tie at the Salt Lake stadium in Kolkata in October 2019

Indian national coach Igor Stimac has likened India's tie against Bangladesh to the Blue Tigers' game against Qatar amid the ongoing 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup joint qualifiers on Monday.

Having held Qatar to a historic draw in 2019, a 10 man India went down to the Asian Champions on Thursday after Bangladesh rode on a late goal to hold Afghanistan 1-1 on the same day at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha, Qatar.