India, Oct. 5 -- The announcement that the Indian football team would not compete in the FIFA Asean Cup - for which they were on special invite - "due to our commitment with the Brazilian football federation" was one of those moments made either for head-shaking or an explosion of memes.

This was just an addition to the list of the surreal Indian football moments that have recently come upon us: the kind that not even someone under the influence of all manner of psychotropic substances could have thought up. Now, following a draw with Panama in Bangalore last week and the 0-4 defeat against Brazil, the match against Uruguay is upon us.

We have only just been given the schedule for the upcoming Indian Super League for men on September 29...