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Continuing the rebuild of their squad for the upcoming season, Bengaluru FC have retained midfielder Malsawmzuala and defender Nishu Kumar, keeping them at the club until the end of the 2017-18 season. The duo make the grade for the ‘under-21 uncapped players’ slot for the Indian Super League.

The player draft for the Indian Super League 2017 season will take place in Mumbai on Sunday, 23rd July and will feature both the new teams Jamshedpur FC and Bengaluru FC. The draft will include some of the finest Indian footballers at the moment as they look to find a club for this year's ISL.

Sunil Chhetri and Udanta Singh have signed three-year extensions with Bengaluru FC until the end of the 2019-20 season, which means that the duo will feature in their side's Indian Super League debut this year. Chhetri and Singh were the two players over the age of 21 to be retained.

Bengaluru and Jamshedpur have won their respective bids to introduce teams into the ISL and will now lock horns with the eight original franchises in the ISL from the fourth edition onwards. Tata Steel won the bidding for the Jamshedpur-based team, while the JSW-group will own the team in Bengaluru.

It's a clash of the old versus the new when Mohun Bagan takes on Bengaluru FC in the finals of the Federation Cup today in Cuttack. While Bengaluru may be the favorites for the title on paper, Bagan will fancy their chances in the absence of Bengaluru's talisman Sunil Chettri.