According to VFF, the three teams will be playing in a tournament from September 21 to 27 and the team which gets the highest points after a round-robin format will be declared the champion.
Bykau Artsem (48th minute), Salavei Andrei (68th) and Hramyka Valery (90+2) were the goal scorers for Belarus who are 10 places above India in the FIFA rankings at 94th.
Al-Hardan's strike did not prove to be enough for the home side as the Indian team, seven of whose members could not reach Bahrain with the rest of the squad on Tuesday owing to visa-related issues, hit back in the 59th minute through a Rahul Bheke header.
Chhetri said he had multiple small injuries during the course of the domestic season and requires time to heal to be ready in time for the preparatory camp in May.
India were to take on Bahrain on March 23 and efforts are on to replace Belarus with another country for the March 26 game in Manama amid a global sporting boycott of Russia and, in some cases, Belarus
India will play Cambodia on June 8, followed by matches against Afghanistan on June 11 and Hong Kong on June 14.
The matches are part of the preparation for the national team campaign in the 2023 AFC Asian Cup third round qualifiers, which is scheduled to be held in June.
Sanat Seth, 91, was suffering from age-related problems and breathed his last on Friday morning, according to family sources.
Chhetri, Indian football's torchbearer for the last 10 years, equaled Lionel Messi when he scored the team's opener -- and his 80th international goal against Nepal in the final.
Seven-time champions India will start title favourites when they take on first-time finalists Nepal in the summit clash of the SAFF Championships.
India defeated Maldives 3-1 in its final league engagement to make the summit clash with an unbeaten run.
India have so far scored two goals in the ongoing SAFF Championships and both came through 37-year-old Chhetri, who equalled legendary Pele with his 77th strike in the match against Nepal.
An 82nd-minute strike by Sunil Chhetri handed India a 1-0 win over Nepal in the SAFF Championship 2021 Group Stage, at the National Stadium.
The seven-time champions paid the price of not creating enough chances and wasting those they got against a Sri Lankan side 98 places below them in the FIFA rankings.
The Indians go into Thursday's game on the back of a disappointing stalemate with Bangladesh, against whom they should have won considering that they dominated majority of the proceedings
The 37-year-old Chhetri, playing in his 121st match for India, struck in the 27th minute to place himself just a goal shy of legendary Brazillian Pele (77 goals from 92 matches).
India have won the tournament seven times out of the 12 editions but by the own admission of their talismanic captain Sunil Chhetri.
After a 1-1 draw in the first friendly, India notched up 2-1 win in the second game against Nepal on Sunday.
It was Choudhary who put India ahead in the 62nd minute while Chhetri (80th) doubled the lead of the visitors.
Worse, Indian football team is not at all happy with the training facilities provided by the host country.
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