New Delhi, Sept. 3 -- Indian defender Sandesh Jhingan sustained an injury during India's CAFA Nations Cup 2025 encounter against Iran and has been ruled out of the remaining tournament. He will return to India on Wednesday, as per a tweet from AIFF on X.

India suffered a 0-3 defeat at the hands of Iran in their second match of the CAFA Nations Cup 2025, at the Hisor Central Stadium in Hisor, Tajikistan, on Monday.

After a goalless first half, Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh (60') put Iran in the lead, before substitutes Ali Alipour (89') and Mehdi Taremi (90+6') added two late goals to hand the Asian giants the three points.

Defending champions Iran, ranked 113 spots above India (133rd) in the FIFA Rankings, pegged the Blue Tigers back from t...