New Delhi: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 joint qualification round 2 matches which were scheduled to be played in March and June 2020 earlier, have been postponed, the Asian Football Confederation has informed to All India Football Federation in a letter: ‘FIFA and AFC will discuss further details of the postponed matches and communicate to the PMAs in due course.’

India were slated to host Asian champions Qatar at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on March 26, 2020. In June, the Blue Tigers were scheduled to play Bangladesh in Dhaka on June 4 and then hosting neighbours Afghanistan in Kolkata on June 9.