India, Oct. 25 -- Lionel Messi's visit to Kerala in November this year has been postponed. The Argentine Football Association (AFA) and the event's sponsor revealed this on Saturday. The Argentine national team was expected to play a friendly match against Australia in Kochi on 17 November.

In an official statement, the AFA said, "The Argentine national team, led by Lionel Scaloni, will travel to Spain in November for training and then move to Luanda for their only friendly against Angola on Friday the 14th."

The statement further added, "After the match, the delegation will return to the old continent to continue their training until November 18th, the day the FIFA World Cup concludes."

Anto Augustine, the proposed match's sponsor alo...