AIFF Media Team

NEW DELHI: The All India Football Federation, on Saturday, January 11, 2025, named 25 probables for the preparatory camp of the AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup Thailand 2025. The camp will begin in Porbandar, Gujarat on February 5, 2025.

India are drawn against hosts Thailand, Kuwait and Lebanon in Group A of the AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup in Pattaya, Thailand 2025, to be played from March 20 to 30, 2025.

India will participate in the tournament after 18 years, having last featured at the 2007 Asian Beach Soccer Championship in the UAE. The Indian national beach soccer team will be active for the first time since the 2008 Asian Beach Games in Indonesia.

The top two finishers from each of the four groups will move into the quarter-finals. The top three teams will fill the three berths allocated to the AFC for the 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in the Seychelles.

The list of probables:

Goalkeepers: Pratik Kankonkar, Harishnath, Raj Chauhan and Mohammed Kaif Khan.
Defenders: Nehal Parab, Srijith Babu, Rohith Yesudas, Ali Akbard, Mohammed Tahir, Jaypal Singh Sirsa, Latish Kunkalkar, Umarul Mukthar, Don Remedios and Mirsad BH.
Midfielders: Roy R, Aditya, Akramul Haque, Muhammed Unais, Musheer TKB, Prince and Manthan.
Strikers: Amit Godara, Basith, Satish Naik and Muhammed Akram.   

India's schedule (all matches at the Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya):
19:00 IST, March 20, 2025: Thailand vs India
15:30 IST, March 22, 2025: India vs Kuwait
15:30 IST, March 24, 2025: Lebanon vs India