India faces Panama World Cup squad in Bengaluru friendly

The Indian national football team will host Panama for the first time on an international pitch during a September 2026 FIFA window at Sree Kanteerava Stadium. The match, scheduled to kick off at 7:30 PM IST, pits India's No. 138 world ranking against Panama's fourth-place global standing featuring fourteen players from their recent World Cup campaign. Head coach Khalid Jamil has named a twenty-six-man squad including Ryan Williams and Gurpreet Singh Sandhu while omitting Lallianzuala Chhangte. Following this encounter, India will travel to Kolkata for back-to-back fixtures against Brazil and Uruguay within two weeks.