TEAM:
Goalkeepers: Naseem Aktar (FC Kochin), Sandeep Guha (Calcutta Port Trust, Bengal).
Defenders: Mahesh Gawli (FC Kochin), Prabhjot Singh (FC Kochin), Mir Farooq Hyder (FC Kochin), Mohammed Waseem (FC Kochin), Covan Lawrence (Salgaocar SC), Janak Basumatary (Assam), Subashish Roy Chowdhury (Aryan Club, Bengal).
Midfielders: Roque Baretto (FC Kochin), Noel Wilson (FC Kochin), Joseph Muralidharan (Karnataka), Vijayakumar Xavier (Karnataka), Chandan Das (Tollygunge Agragami), Pradip Kumar (Punjab), Lukram James Singh (Bengal Mumbai FC).
Forwards: Sheikh Sanjib (Bengal Mumbai FC - CAPTAIN), Nitin Pradhan (FC Kochin), Climax Lawrence (Vasco SC), Ramesh Singh Rawat (Uttar Pradesh).
COACHES: MOHAMMED HABIB (Bengal); ASSISTANT COACH: MARCUS PACHEO (Goa); GOALKEEPER COACH: BRAHMANAND SHANKWALKAR (Goa).
RESULTS:
Group 6 - all matches in Bangalore:
17-Aug-98: India 1-0 Maldives - Goals: 1:0 Roque Barreto (29').
19-Aug-98: India 3-0 Kyrgyzstan - Goals: 1:0 James Singh (29'), 2:0 Noel Wilson (42'), 3:0 Sanjib Sheikh.
23-Aug-98: India 2-0 Pakistan - Goals: 1:0 Nitin Pradhan (49'), 2:0 James Singh (59')
25-Aug-98: India 7-1 Bhutan - Goals: 1:0,2:0 James Singh (8',?'), 3:0 Janak Basumatary, 4:0 Sanjib Sheikh (47'), 5:0,6:1,7:1 Nitin Pradhan (51',62',79'), 5:1 Kezan Norbu.
India topped the group with 12 points from four matches, qualifying for the finals.