A look at where India stands in 10 major sports

2.Football

Since making his India debut, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu has looked confident in every match that he has played

Continues to remain an enigma. While the influx of youth( The likes of Gurpreet, Udanta etc) seems to be a step in the right direction, the lack of positive results on a consistent basis, the inability of some to replicate good domestic form while playing for the country and many near misses, do show that more time is certainly needed to raise hopes of the nation becoming worthy of competing with the best.

Stephen Constantine and his men won a mere one game in the FIFA Qualifiers, defeating Guam at home and if not for a controversial offside call against them, might have drawn a contest against Oman as well.

The point,however, remains that the players need to step while playing in national colours and deliver more victories to raise optimism among the fans.BELOW AVERAGE.