Doha: Sunil Chhetri’s inspiring late brace powered Indian football team to 2-0 victory over Bangladesh at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha on Monday (June 7) registering first three points in the Asian qualifiers. Chhetri rewrote history books as he went past Lionel Messi (72) and UAE’s Ali Mabkhout (73) with 74 standing just behind Cristiano Ronaldo (103) in the active international goal scorers list.
First he headed home from Ashique Kuruniyan’s swerving cross before slotting it home a few minutes the final whistle with clinical finish sealing the deal. His emotions after the match was there to seen as how much it meant to him and his side in general.
With this win India possibly booked their berth in the third round of the AFC 2023 Asian Cup qualifiers.
