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CAFA Nations Cup: It may be India’s maiden appearance in the CAFA Nations Cup, but the men’s national football team, the second-lowest-ranked team in the competition, are all set to play the third-place match against Oman at the Hisor Central Stadium in Hisor, Tajikistan, on Monday.

Having played three matches, India have won one (Tajikistan), lost one (Iran), and drawn one (Afghanistan), knocking out Tajikistan and Afghanistan on the way. Blue Tigers head coach Khalid Jamil, at the pre-match press conference, exuded the positivity that surrounds the team at the moment.

“All our players are fine and are all positive after these results. We must continue this positivity into the next game. I have a good feeling that we could get a positive result,” said Jamil. “We felt from the very start that we could do something good here, and I must say that it is the belief and hard work of the players that have brought us to the CAFA Nations Cup play-off stage.