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Kathmandu : Nepal's National Football Team take on india in international friendly match today at the Andheri Sports Complex on Tuesday. Nepal and India who are currently in the preparations of the AFC Asian Cup 2019 Qualifiers will meet in Andheri Sports Complex of Mumbai. Both Nepal and India are facing their Asian Cup Qualifiers’ opponents Yemen and Kyrgyzstan in the matches scheduled for June 13.

Nepal will miss the services of their defender Rabin Shrestha and Bikram Lama for the India friendly. Shrestha is recuperating after recently undergoing a surgery to his damaged anterior cruciate ligament, while Lama was not included for the friendly as he is suspended for the Yemen game after receiving a red card against Philippines. Nepal’s Japanese coach Gyotoku Koji has included rookies Bimal Basnet and Hemanta Thapa Magar as their replacement.

Nepal has poor record against India given its two wins out of the 18 matches against fellow South Asian nation. India has won 12 matches while other four matches had ended in a draw. The last time the two sides met each other, India had beaten Nepal 4-1 in a South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship fixture in December 2015. The last time Nepal beat India was during the 2013 Saff Championship in Kathmandu. The game had ended in a 2-1 scoreline in favour of Nepal. The last encounter between the two teams came during the 2015 Saff Championship in Kerala, India, where Nepal lost 4-1.

Nepal’s Squad: Bikesh Kuthu, Kiran Kumar Limbu and Bishal Shrestha, Biraj Maharjan, Ananta Tamang, Aditya Chaudhary, Kamal Shrestha, Devendra Tamang, Jitendra Karki, Bimal Basnet, Rohit Chand, Bishal Rai, Heman Gurung, Anjan Bista, Sujal Shrestha, Suman Lama, Hemanta Thapa Magar, Bimal Gharti Magar, Bharat Khawas, Nawayug Shrestha