Kotal & Jhingan made their senior national team debuts in Guwahati in a World Cup Qualifier against Nepal back in 2015...
Stephen Constantine handed out seven debuts in the first match of his second stint as the manager of the Indian national team. It was a new-look Indian side that outclassed a feeble Nepal 2-0 in Guwahati on March 12, 2015, courtesy of a brace from Sunil Chhetri.
Amongst those seven debutantes, only Pritam Kotal and Sandesh Jhingan are part of the current Indian contingent that is gearing up to face Oman on Thursday in the first World Cup qualifier 2022.