The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has announced that the upcoming joint 2022 World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup round 2 qualifiers, set to be played in March and June, have all been postponed until further notice due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak all over the world.
The Indian national team's plans have also been hit as a result.
The Blue Tigers were set to host Asian champions Qatar on March 26 at the Kalinga stadium in Bhubaneswar. In June, India were supposed to travel to Dhaka to take on Bangladesh on June 4 before hosting Afghanistan in Kolkata on June 9.