New Delhi, Sept. 1 -- Indian men's football team head coach Khalid Jamil on Monday named a 26-player squad for the September-October FIFA international window. The Blue Tigers will play three friendlies against higher-ranked sides that all featured at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

India will face Panama on 26th September in Bengaluru, then travel to Kolkata to meet five-time world champions Brazil on 3rd October and two-time winners Uruguay on 6th October.

These fixtures give India a rare chance to measure themselves against established international sides. Panama, Brazil and Uruguay all played at the World Cup earlier this year. For a team ranked well outside the world's top 100, sharing a pitch with Brazil and Uruguay in front of a home cr...