The Blue Tigers are set to face Kuwait in their opening Group A fixture at the Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium in Kuwait City on Thursday, November 16 , before returning home to take on Qatar at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday, November 21.
India have been drawn in Group A of the Asian qualifiers, alongside Qatar, Kuwait, and the winners of the Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 1 fixture between Afghanistan and Mongolia.
Victory gave Senegal an uncatchable five-point lead over Burkina Faso and Cape Verde in Group D with one round left.
The last time Italy missed the World Cup was the 1958 edition which was hosted in Sweden.
Messi named Brazil, Germany and France alongside Spain as favourites to take the World Cup crown in Russia.
Belgium, who play Bosnia on Saturday night, top their World Cup qualifying group with 22 points from eight games, having won seven and drawn once.
Riding three first-half strikes, La Roja qualified for the World Cup in style!
Spain on Friday night beat Albania 3-0 to secure their berth at next year's World Cup!
erbia missed out on a chance to wrap up qualification from Group D with a match to spare.
Elsewhere, Robert Lewandowski scored a hat-trick to become his country's record goalscorer as Poland thrashed Armenia 6-1 in Yerevan.
