Doha: All the players and support staff of the Indian football team have tested negative for Covid-19 after arrival in Qatar and have started training ahead of the joint Qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and 2023 Asian Cup next month.
The team, which arrived in Doha on Wednesday evening, was under compulsory quarantine and waiting for the results of their RT-PCR tests before starting their preparatory camp.
The team, bolstered by the return of Sunil Chhetri, will have a preparatory camp inside a bio-bubble here before its first match on June 3 against hosts Qatar.
The other two matches are against Bangladesh (June 7) and Afghanistan (June 15).
The Indian team, fourth in Group E with three points, is already out of contention for a World Cup berth but is still in the reckoning for the 2023 Asian Cup in China.