India will lock horns with Sri Lanka within the group stage fixture of SAFF Championship 2021 on Thursday. Igor Stimac’s crew have been held to a 1-1 draw by a 10-man Bangladesh of their opening fixture of the competitors.Sri Lanka, in the meantime, are winless within the championship as they registered a loss every towards Bangladesh (0-1) and Nepal (2-3).
Forward of the essential match, we check out the typical age of the 2 squads.
Sri Lanka, who’re ranked 205 on the planet, have a youthful squad as in comparison with India, who’re 107 within the newest FIFA rankings. India have a youthful ontingent when in comparison with Sri Lanka solely within the goalkeeping and midfield division.
Editors’ Picks
GOALKEEPERS
INDIA | AGE | SRI LANKA | AGE |
| Gurpreet Sandhu | 29 | Sujan Perera | 29 |
| Vishal Kaith | 25 | Prabath Ruwan Arunasiri | 28 |
| Dheeraj Singh | 21 | Kaveesh Fernando | 26 |
| Common Age | 25 years | Common Age | 28 years |
DEFENDERS
INDIA | AGE | SRI LANKA | AGE |
| Pritam Kotal | 28 | Chamod Dilshan | 24 |
| Rahul Bheke | 30 | Harsha Fernando | 28 |
| Chinglensana Singh | 24 | Sunil Roshan Appuhamy | 28 |
| Mandar Rao Dessai | 29 | Charitha Rathnayake | 28 |
| Subhasish Bose | 26 | Duckson Puslas | 31 |
| Seriton Fernandes | 28 | Asikoor Rahuman | 27 |
| Common Age | 28 years | Common Age | 28 years |
MIDFIELDERS
INDIA | AGE | SRI LANKA | AGE |
| Udanta Singh | 25 | Mohamed Musthaq | 22 |
| Brandon Fernandes | 27 | Mohamed Fazal | 31 |
| Lalengmawia | 20 | Marvin Hamilton | 32 |
| Anirudh Thapa | 23 | Jude Supan | 23 |
| Sahal Abdul Samad | 24 | Chalana Chameera | 28 |
| Glan Martins | 27 | Kavindu Ishan | 28 |
| Jeakson Singh | 20 | Dillon De Silva | 19 |
| Suresh Singh | 21 | Edison Figurado | 31 |
| Liston Colaco | 22 | Aman Faizer | 31 |
| Yasir Mohammad | 23 | —– | — |
| Common Age | 23 years | Common Age | 27 years |
FORWARDS
INDIA | AGE | SRI LANKA | AGE |
| Manvir Singh | 25 | Ahamed Waseem Razeek | 27 |
| Rahim Ali | 21 | Mohamed Aakib | 21 |
| Sunil Chhetri | 37 | Supun Dananjaya Wijesinghe | 29 |
| Farukh Choudhary | 24 | Rifkhan Mohamed | 21 |
| —– | — | Mohamed Shifan | 23 |
| Common Age | 27 years | Common Age | 24 years |
The common age of India squad: 26 years
The common age of Sri Lanka squad: 27 years
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