Cafa Nations Cup: Big shock to India, star defender Sandesh Jhingan Nations Cup out of the rest of the matches

Sehor (Tajikistan). India’s star defender Sandesh Jhingan has been ruled out of the rest of the matches of the Nations Cup due to injury during a 0-3 defeat to Iran. The injury to Jhingan, 32, is a shock to India, who is to play from Afghanistan in the third and last match of Group B on Thursday. India currently ranks second in the group of four teams, which defeated hosts Tajikistan. After this, the Asian veteran and the world number 20 team lost to Iran.

Iran is at the top with six points. India’s hopes of moving forward are on the match against Afghanistan. The All India Football Federation wrote on X, ‘Defender Sandesh Jhingan was hurt against Iran during India’s Kafa Nations Cup 2025 match. He will return to India today.

In the world, India, number 133, defeated the 106th ranked Tajikistan in their first match of this eight -team tournament with the help of defender Anwar Ali (5th) and Jhingan (13th).

The upcoming matches are very important for India as they are preparing for the Asian Cup qualifying round matches against Singapore on 9 and 14 October.