 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Chikwata ichi, chaimboonekwa sechimwe chezvikwata zvakanakisa muAsia, chaive nenguva yayo yegoridhe mumakore ekuma1950 nekutanga kwema1960. Munguva iyi, India yakahwina ndarama mumitambo yeAsia ya1951 na1962, ichipedza yechina mumitambo yeOlympic yezhizha ya1956. Nokudaro, India yakava rudzi rwokutanga rweAsia kusvika kumagumo emutambo mukuru wakarongwa neFIFA. India haina kumbobvira yatora chikamu muFIFA World Cup, kunyangwe ivo vakakodzera nekusaziva kwe 1950 World Cup mushure mekunge mamwe marudzi ese muboka ravo rekukodzera abva. Zvisinei, India yakabva mumutambo uyu mutambo usati watanga. Chikwata ichi chakaonekwawo kanokwana kana muAFC Asian Cup, mukombe wepamusoro wenhabvu muAsia uye chakapedza semumhanyi muna 1964. 