India, June 22 -- With the FIFA World Cup on in full flow, the positive performance of many Asian countries has seen that familiar question rear its head again - why is India not at the World Cup? For the world's largest population to not be able to produce a 26-member squad capable of competing with the world's best teams has long been a source of consternation.

Indian national football team captain Gurpreet Singh Sandhu has pointed to the Asian Cup qualification miss as the bigger story.

Taking to Instagram, the goalkeeper posted: "Absolutely loving the conversation so many people are having about why we are not at the WC. People asking questions and accountability is necessary."

"As a player i can tell you. We are not at the WC beca...