India's Sunil Chhetri holds off the challenge of Australia's Lucas Neill during their 2011 Asian Cup Group C soccer match at Al Sadd stadium in Doha January 10, 2011. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's hopes of developing as a soccer-playing nation are reliant on regular participation in tournaments like the Asian Cup, captain Sunil Chhetri told Reuters.
Chhetri will be hoping to lead India to the 2019 Asian Cup finals in the United Arab Emirates after the world's second-most populous nation missed out on the last edition of the tournament in Australia two years ago.
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