'India playing in Football World Cup a distant dream'

New Delhi, Sep 20 India got a shot at playing in the Football World Cup way back in 1950 but backed out for reasons that are still not exactly clear and its chances of reaching the pinnacle are a distant dream but there is some hope for the revival of the game in the country with a new dispensation in place though it's too early to predict the future, says veteran sports journalist Jaydeep Basu, who has edited a book titled "Box to Box" that traces the highs and the lows of the game in the country in the past 75 years.

"In my humble opinion, India playing the World Cup is still a distant dream. It will take many, many years to achieve, unless some drastic changes come in Indian football," Basu told in an interview.

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