India rise to 101 in FIFA rankings

New Delhi: The Indian football is continuing its rapid and fast progress with considerable margin which is not hidden from the International body as the Indian football team gained two places to rise to 101 in the latest FIFA rankings issued on Thursday. However, with 1219 total ranking points, the Indian team lies 18th among the Asian countries. The team did not play any international match after the last rankings on February 7. Iran continued to top the Asian rankings at 21, followed by Japan (26), South Korea (37), Australia (41) and Qatar (55). Overall, Belgium remained on top with 1737 points, ahead of France (1734), Brazil (1676), England (1647) and Croatia (1621). (PTI)