India are averaging 7.9 fouls per game in 2025, with matches involving them seeing 13.3 total fouls on average. Below you'll find player foul-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against New Zealand, and a full match-by-match log.
Sandesh Jhingan leads with 7 fouls across 4 qualifying appearances (1.75/g, 100% hit rate). Sort the foul-rate table to compare every India player by fouls per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), hit-rate over six matches and the current Bet365 1+ fouls price.
India are averaging 7.9 fouls per game over 10 games and concede 5.4 for a match-total of 13.3. On average India pick up one yellow card every 0.165 fouls.
Foul matchup blends the defender's fouls per game (40%), the opposition attacker's fouls drawn per game (40%), and the team's underlying foul propensity (20%). For the upcoming fixture against New Zealand the page weights each India defender against the opposition's last-season fouls-drawn rate.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 India fixtures in the active window for 2025. Player odds come from Bet365 player markets when priced.
A player must have featured for at least 20 minutes in a fixture for that match to count toward their foul rate and form. Cameo appearances are excluded so the rates aren't diluted.
Yes — the referee profile module shows the assigned official's average fouls and yellows per match this season. Some referees blow for materially more fouls than others.
| Player | Position | Apps | Fouls | Per game | 1+ hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandesh Jhingan | defender | 4 | 7 | 1.75 | 100% |
| Lalengmawia Lalengmawia | midfielder | 3 | 3 | 1 | 100% |
| Suresh Singh | midfielder | 2 | 6 | 3 | 100% |
| Tekcham Abhishek Singh | defender | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| Akash Mishra | defender | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| Vishal Kaith | goalkeeper | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Ashish Rai | defender | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Brandon Fernandes | midfielder | 1 | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| Deepak Tangri | midfielder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Rahim Ali | attacker | 1 | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| Sanan Mohammed K | attacker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Brison Fernandes | midfielder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Manvir Singh | attacker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Ryan Williams | attacker | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Lallianzuala Chhangte | attacker | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 80% |
| Liston Colaco | attacker | 4 | 4 | 1 | 75% |
| Sunil Chhetri | attacker | 3 | 3 | 1 | 67% |
| Rahul Bheke | defender | 4 | 5 | 1.25 | 50% |
| Ashique Kuruniyan | attacker | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Hmingthanmawia Ralte | defender | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Farukh Choudhary | attacker | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Sahal Abdul Samad | midfielder | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Macarton Louis Nickson | midfielder | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Anwar Ali | defender | 5 | 5 | 1 | 40% |
| Nikhil Prabhu | midfielder | 3 | 1 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team fouls | Opposition fouls | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Jun 2026 | Tajikistan | Away | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 Jun 2026 | Tajikistan | Away | 3-1 | 12 | 10 | 22 | |
| 30 May 2026 | Zimbabwe | Away | 1-0 | 11 | 8 | 19 | |
| 27 May 2026 | Jamaica | Home | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 31 Mar 2026 | Hong Kong | Home | 2-1 | 11 | 8 | 19 | Anwar Ali (2) |
| 18 Nov 2025 | Bangladesh | Away | 1-0 | 12 | 7 | 19 | Rahim Ali (4) |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Bhutan | Home | 6-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 Oct 2025 | Singapore | Home | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rahul Bheke (2) |
| 9 Oct 2025 | Singapore | Away | 1-1 | 15 | 12 | 27 | Sandesh Jhingan (4) |
| 10 Jun 2025 | Hong Kong | Away | 1-0 | 18 | 9 | 27 | Suresh Singh (5) |