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India U20 Head Coach Ranjan: India U20 Head Coach Ranjan Chaudhuri on Wednesday announced a 23-member squad for the SAFF U20 Men’s Championship 2024, to be played in Kathmandu, Nepal from August 16 to 28, 2024. India are placed in Group B along with Maldives and Bhutan. Three teams in Group A are Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Defending Champions India will be hoping to replicate their success from the 2022 edition of the tournament in which they defeated the Bangladesh side 5-2 after extra time.

India is also the most successful side in the history of the SAFF competitions with nine to their name, the most recent being the 2023 edition of the tournament where the hosts defeated Kuwait 5-4 in a thrilling penalty shootout, securing the SAFF Championship 2023 title.