Sunil Chhetri leads India to victory (Picture: AIFF Twitter)
Chhetri is now tied with legendary Indian ahead IM Vijayan with 4 targets scored in India’s profitable causes within the World Cup qualifiers.
India’s captain incredible Sunil Chhetri throughout the course of his match-winning brace in opposition to Bangladesh within the FIFA World Cup Qualifer in opposition to Bangladesh crossed Argentina’s Lionel Messi to change into the second-highest energetic worldwide goalscorer with 74 targets. Solely Cristiano Ronaldo with 103 worldwide targets is forward of him.
The 36-year-old initially of the match which served as a qualifier for AFC Asian Cup 2023 as properly, was tied on 72 targets with the Argentine maestro. Messi scored his 72nd objective final week when transformed from the spot in opposition to Chile of their 1-1 draw within the World Cup qualifiers. Chhetri surpassed Messi when he headed residence from Ashique Kuruniyan’s cross on the 79th minute in opposition to Bangladesh.
With 73 targets, he was tied with UAE’s Ali Mabkhout who had just lately scored in opposition to Malaysia final week. Workforce India captain overtook Mabkhout to change into the second-highest energetic worldwide goalscorer proper on the demise when he acquired a cross from Suresh Singh and comfortably positioned it into the again of the web.
Chhetri can be now tied with legendary Indian ahead IM Vijayan with 4 targets scored in India’s profitable causes within the World Cup qualifiers.
AIFF President Praful Patel additionally congratulated Sunil Chhetri on attaining this feat. He took to Twitter and wrote, “Our Indian Soccer skipper Sunil Chhetri provides one other feather to his illustrious cap as he overtook Lionel Messi to change into the second-highest energetic worldwide goalscorer with 74 targets. An enormous congratulations to Captain Improbable & wishing him many extra accolades sooner or later.”
Our @IndianFootball skipper Sunil Chhetri provides one other feather to his illustrious cap as he overtook Lionel Messi to change into the second-highest energetic worldwide goalscorer with 74 targets. An enormous congratulations to Captain Improbable & wishing him many extra accolades sooner or later pic.twitter.com/kzpgCQbXEp— Praful Patel (@praful_patel) June 7, 2021
Up subsequent for India is Afghanistan every week from right this moment. India would wish a win to complete third in Group E which might assure them a berth within the 2023 Asian Cup.
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