FILE PHOTO: Croatia's manager Igor Stimac participates in a training session, ahead of their 2014 World Cup qualifying match against Scotland on Tuesday, at Hampden Park stadium in Glasgow, Scotland October 14, 2013. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's over-reliance on forward Sunil Chhetri and the team's inexperience cost them their Asian qualifying tie for the 2022 World Cup against Oman, coach Igor Stimac rued after the 2-1 loss on Thursday.
Udanta Singh hit the crossbar and Sandesh Jhingan's header missed the mark before the talismanic Chhetri's 24th-minute strike put the hosts ahead in the group E match in the east Indian city of Guwahati.
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