The tournament, which saw its first edition in 2018, will see India start as the defending champions - having defeated Kenya in the final. The other two teams in the tournament in 2018 were Chinese Taipei and New Zealand.
AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das underlined the importance of the tournament by calling it an ‘acid test’ for the Indian team ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar Qualifiers which are slated to begin in September......
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