The Indian football team's international friendly match against Qatar on December 19 has been called off due to disagreement over venue.
While India were keen to play the match in Dubai where they are based for the past one and half month, Qatar wanted it to be held in Doha.
"We had our own plans, so we wanted to play the match in Dubai, our base. And moreover, the match was originally scheduled to be held in Dubai and not Doha," an official from the team management said from Doha.
The team is coming back to Dubai from Doha on Friday. They will train in Dubai for a while before leaving for Doha for the January 7-29 Asian Cup.
The Indian team management is now trying to organise a match against a club side around the same time, while the West Asian nation have fixed up a match against another country on the same day in Doha.
"We are now trying to play against a club side on December 19 or 20 to see how our boys are shaping up, especially those who are injured," he said.
Bob Houghton's side is grappling with injury worries with almost a dozen players, including skipper Bhaichung Bhutia, on the casualty list.
Striker Mohammad Rafi had a muscle pull this morning while Baljeet Singh suffered a wrist injury during practice yesterday but according to team sources, it is "not so serious".
The good news, however, is that the experienced Renedy Singh, injured for a long time now, has started training, and so did Rakesh Masih.
Bhutia and Sameer Naik, who had gone to Chennai to get their calf muscle injuries treated by sports medicine expert Kanan Pugazhendi, have joined the team and are expected to resume training in the next three-four days.
India are scheduled to play Syria on December 26.
