When Indian national team coach Igor Stimac told Amarjit Singh Kiyam that he would be making in his debut at the King’s Cup opener against ...
When Indian national team coach Igor Stimac told Amarjit Singh Kiyam that he would be making in his debut at the King’s Cup opener against Curacao as India trailed 0-3 at half-time, the midfielder couldn’t warm up properly. Amarjit was so overwhelmed thinking about what kind of performance he would come up with. For sure, there was pressure on the young lad.
Among the six Indian players who were handed debuts that day, Amarjit was the youngest one and the first player born in the 21st century to play for the senior side.
India could not turn around the result that day despite a promising second-half display but Amarjit was the cynosure of all eyes, showing his quality in the few minutes he got – making tidy passes, winning the ball against opponents technically and physically better than him. Even Stimac couldn’t stop praising him, picking the teenager as his Player of the Match.
That overwhelming feeling was ever so present since he got called up to the senior team camp ahead of the King’s Cup. Amarjit vividly remembers scrolling through his phone when he was suddenly added to a Whatsapp group comprising of senior team players. The realisation that he had made the cut...
