Tajikistan will host the Indian national team in an international friendly match in Khujand on August 14.

Tajikistan’s national coach Mukhsin Mukhamadiev has called-up a 23-member squad to take on Wim Koevermans’ boys [+ India Squad] at the 20-Letie Nezavisimosti Stadium (20 Years of Independence Stadium).

Experienced midfielder Khurshed Mahmudov will be leading the Central Asian side. The Tajikistan national team is build out of home-based players from the Tajik League, while 2012 runners-up FC Istiqlol Dushanbe will be represented by nine players in the squad.

Tajikistan is ranked 114th in the latest FIFA World Rankings.

TAJIKISTAN SQUAD

Goalkeepers
Alisher Tuychiev, Rustam Rizoev, Abdulaziz Makhkamov

Defenders
Sokhib Suvonkulov, Eraj Rajabov, Akhtam Nazarov, Daler Tukhtasunov, Khasan Rustamov, Manuchekhr Akhmadov, Siyovakhsh Asrorov

Midfielders
Jamshed Ismailov, Dilshod Vasiev, Ibrahim Rabimov, Jakhongir Jalilov, Khurshed Mahmudov [C], Khurshed Mahmudov, Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev, Mahmadali Sodikov, Abdusamad Khojiboev

Forwards
Akhtam Khamroqulov, Kamil Saidov, Jahongir Ergashev, Davronjon Tukhtasunov

Coach
Mukhsin Mukhamadiev