Indian football coach picked team for Asia Cup on astrologer’s advice

In a cosmic twist, the fate of the Indian footballers depended on their stars. No, we are not joking…. Leaked chats of the Football coach point to this. For the crucial Asian Cup match against Afghanistan in June 2022, Indian football team coach Igor Stimac picked the team on the advice of Bhupesh Sharma, an astrologer from Delhi-NCR. A team insider told PTI, ‘A motivator was appointed for the national team before the Asian Cup.’ And AIFF splurged Rs 16 lakh on an astrology agency to “motivate” the national team side. But India’s tryst with astrology goes way back. Be it sports, politics or cinema, astrology rules.