It is a historic occasion as this is only the first time the senior teams of the two nations are clashing in a friendly encounter.
Indian fans will be distraught to know that their talisman Sunil Chhetri is set to miss the tie after he picked up an ankle injury in the ISL fixture against Kerala Blasters. The news has been confirmed by an AIFF official.
Chhetri injured himself after he slotted the ball home past Naveen Kumar immediately after which Sandesh Jhinghan threw in a desperate tackle to prevent the goal. Post this incident, the Bengaluru skipper was not moving as swiftly but still played out the rest of the game. He certainly felt the niggle after that tackle as indicated by his movement on the field.
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The 34-year-old has a grade one injury and is expected to be out of action for some time. The AIFF confirmed the injury to the iconic striker on Monday.
It will now be up to the discretion of Constantine who he would be taking in place of the prolific striker. With Jeje not in the best of form, the gaffer will need to assess which player is going to provide the goals. India are playing these friendly encounters in a bid to prepare themselves ahead of the AFC Asian Cup in UAE, where they have been placed in Group A alongside UAE, Thailand, and Bahrain.
Another benefit of playing the friendly against Jordan in Amman is that the weather and conditions are similar to what they will be in the UAE. The Blue Tigers will certainly miss the services of their star man and will have to go all guns blazing if they want to get past a strong Jordan side, which lost 1-2 to Croatia in a friendly recently and are ranked 112 by FIFA.
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