New Delhi Oct 25 (IANS) India coach Luis Norton de Matos did not pick U-17 World Cup footballers Komal Thathal Abhijit Sarkar and Aniket Jadhav in the final 23-man squad for the 2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualifiers.
Midfielder Komal Abhijit along with forward Aniket were part of the India U-17 squad which represented the nation in the ongoing FIFA World Cup.
"Matos picked his squad after a week-long camp in the capital which is a mix of India s U-17 World Cup squad and India s U-19 team which played in the SAFF U-19 Championship in Bhutan " the All India Football Federation (AIFF) said in a statement.
India who are placed in Group D will face Saudi Arabia at the Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium in Dammam on November 4 followed by Yemen and Turkmenistan on the 6th and 8th respectively at the same venue.
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