Mumbai: Indian national football team player Dalima Chhibber on Monday said she is speechless, heartbroken, and sad after the team exited AFC Women's Asian Cup 2022 as they failed to field a team against Chinese Taipei.
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on Monday confirmed that COVID-hit India has withdrawn from the AFC Women's Asian Cup and their remaining Group A matches stand cancelled. The India Women's National Team was unable to register a minimum of 13 players (including one goalkeeper) in the player selection list and start list for the match between Chinese Taipei and India on Sunday.
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Taking to Twitter, Chhibber, the Indian full-back, wrote: "Speechless, heartbroken and sad."
Indian goalkeeper Aditi Chauhan wrote: "Absolutely devastated."
AFC in an official statement said: "Accordingly, Article 4.1 of the Special Rules Applicable to AFC Competitions during Covid-19 Pandemic ("Special Rules") applied."