New Delhi: The Indian football team gained two places to rise to 101 in the FIFA rankings issued Thursday.
With 1219 total ranking points, the Indian team lies 18th among the Asian countries.
The team did not play any international match after the last rankings February 7. The Blue Tigers have not been in action since the 2019 AFC Asian Cup where they suffered back to back defeats against hosts UAE (2-0) and Bahrain (1-0). The only consolation for India in the competition was a 4-1 hammering of Thailand in their Group A opener.
Iran continued to top the Asian rankings at 21, followed by Japan (26), South Korea (37), Australia (41) and Qatar (55).
Overall, Belgium remained on top with 1737 points, ahead of France (1734), Brazil (1676), England (1647) and Croatia (1621).
PTI