SAFF Championship 2021: India vs Sri Lanka – Which team has the younger squad?

India will lock horns with Sri Lanka in the group stage fixture of SAFF Championship 2021 on Thursday. Igor Stimac’s team were held to a 1-1 draw by a 10-man Bangladesh in their opening fixture of the competition.Sri Lanka, meanwhile, are winless in the championship as they registered a loss each against Bangladesh (0-1) and Nepal (2-3). 

Ahead of the crucial match, we take a look at the average age of the two squads. 

Sri Lanka, who are ranked 205 in the world, have a older squad as compared to India, who are 107 in the latest FIFA rankings. India have a younger contingent when compared to Sri Lanka only in the goalkeeping and midfield department. 

GOALKEEPERS

INDIA	AGE	SRI LANKA	AGE
Gurpreet  Sandhu	29	Sujan Perera	29
Vishal Kaith	25	Prabath Ruwan Arunasiri	28
Dheeraj Singh	21	Kaveesh Fernando	26
Average Age	25 years	Average Age	28 years

DEFENDERS

INDIA	AGE	SRI LANKA	AGE
Pritam Kotal	28	Chamod Dilshan	24
Rahul Bheke	30	Harsha Fernando	28
Chinglensana Singh	24	Sunil Roshan Appuhamy	28
Mandar Rao Dessai	29	Charitha Rathnayake	28
Subhasish Bose	26	Duckson Puslas	31
Seriton Fernandes	28	Asikoor Rahuman	27
Average Age	28 years	Average Age	28 years

MIDFIELDERS

INDIA	AGE	SRI LANKA	AGE
Udanta Singh	25	Mohamed Musthaq	22
Brandon Fernandes	27	Mohamed Fazal	31
Lalengmawia	20	Marvin Hamilton	32
Anirudh Thapa	23	Jude Supan	23
Sahal Abdul Samad	24	Chalana Chameera	28
Glan Martins	27	Kavindu Ishan	28
Jeakson Singh	20	Dillon De Silva	19
Suresh Singh	21	Edison Figurado	31
Liston Colaco	22	Aman Faizer	31
Yasir Mohammad	23	—–	—
Average Age	23 years	Average Age	27 years

FORWARDS

INDIA	AGE	SRI LANKA	AGE
Manvir Singh	25	Ahamed Waseem Razeek	27
Rahim Ali	21	Mohamed Aakib	21
Sunil Chhetri	37	Supun Dananjaya Wijesinghe	29
Farukh Choudhary	24	Rifkhan Mohamed	21
—–	—	Mohamed Shifan	23
Average Age	27 years	Average Age	24 years

The average age of India squad: 26 years

The average age of Sri Lanka squad: 27 years