From FIFA 1998 to FIFA 18: Evolution of Indian national team in the FIFA series

#4 FIFA 16

India winning FIFA World Cup in FIFA 16

India’s rival team in FIFA 16 was changed to Australia. The Blue Tigers’ overall ratings went up a few notches with the attack rated 61, midfield rated 56 and defence rated 57. Jeje Lalpekhlua replaced Sunil Chhetri as the captain of the Indian national team. Gurpreet Singh Sandhu replaced Subrata Pal as the national team goalkeeper.

The defence was made up of Aiborlang Khongjee, Augustin Fernandes, Sandesh Jhingan and Narayan Das. With a slightly defensive lineup with two holding midfielders in the form of Pronay Halder and Rowllin Borges, the wingers on the flanks were Holicharan Narzary and Bikash Jairu.

With Chhetri relegated among the substitutes, the strikers were Jeje Lalpekhlua and the young Udanta Singh. Chhetri was still the highest rated player though at 66 followed closely by fellow benchwarmer Subrata Paul who was rated 65. Promising striker Udanta Singh had the highest potential of an impressive 73.