Team India's preparations for Thursday's World Cup qualifier against Kuwait, which also happens to be Sunil Chhetri's last match, are going ahead as planned. When the first group of 26 players assembled in Bhubaneswar on May 10, India began to prepare for a must-win match. On 15 May, they were joined by players from Mumbai City FC and Mohun Bagan Super Giant, the ISL finalists. After reducing the roster to 27 players on 24 May, head coach Igor Stimac sent the team to Calcutta on 29 May and they have been training there ever since. Without good friends, the players planned matches with each other, practised in the gym and had training sessions on the field. Goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu stated, "We have grown in physical and mental fitness." 

A member of the coaching staff said their players "will have games in their legs" as the Kuwait Premier League is now underway, but "we should deal with it". The employee requested anonymity because they were not authorised to speak to the media. India may be concerned about the decline in depository quality. "When the camp started, there was no No. 1. The staff member quoted above said, "Mistakes during practice matches showed that the goalkeepers had brought their below average form from the ISL into the camp.

" In the ISL, third wicket keeper Vishal Kaith's 10 save percentage and India's first choice, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, they had 61 and 67 respectively, Amrinder Singh's number was 77, but if he can't win, it's because of the mess in the ISL semi-final against Mohun Bagan. He deflected Dimitri Petratos' shot into the path of Jason Cummings, who scored in the World Cup qualifier against Qatar at home , Stimac picked out Singh over Sandhu, but the Odisha FC keeper's evening failed to go well with a mistimed pass and Singh's near post stunner left the home team Mohun Bagan thanks to two mistakes by Kaith, leaving the game but being beaten well outside their penalty box the incidents happened late in the shutdown. Kaith played for the best team, as evidenced by the fact that he made the fewest tackles of the three while also playing the most games in his 50s. In 24 games, Singh made 81 saves while Sandhu, whose team finished tenth, made 70 in 22.