Updated On: 21 June, 2023 05:45 PM IST | Bengaluru | mid-day online correspondent
Record eight-time champions India are out to defend the title they won in the Maldives in 2021 after beating Nepal 3-0 in the SAFF Championship final

Blue Tigers (Pic: @IndianFootball/Twitter)
The Indian senior men`s team will begin their SAFF Championship 2023 campaign against Pakistan in Group A at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
The other two teams from Group A, Nepal and Kuwait will clash in the opening match of the tournament at 3:30 pm IST. Group B, consisting of Lebanon, Bangladesh, Maldives and Bhutan, is set to begin on June 22.