India’s Sunil Chhetri, who hit a brace in his workforce’s 2-0 win over Bangladesh in Doha, on Monday overtook Argentina’s Lionel Messi to turn into the second-highest lively worldwide goalscorer with 74 objectives.
The 36-year-old striker, who helped India register their first win within the FIFA 2022 World Cup qualifiers, is behind Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo (103) within the listing of lively worldwide goalscorers.
Now he has greater than Messi! Sunil Chhetri’s double helped Blue Tigers win 2-0 #wcq and leads him to 74 worldwide objectives – one above Lionel Messi and one after getting into world soccer’s all-time high 10@chetrisunil11 | @IndianFootball pic.twitter.com/sCCd6BgS9H
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Chhetri additionally moved up the lads’s all-time listing of worldwide goalscorers and is now ranked eleventh. He is simply behind the trio of Hungarian Sandor Kocsis, Japan’s Kunishige Kamamoto and Kuwait’s Bashar Abdullah, who all have 75 objectives.
Sitting simply behind him on the listing, Ali Mabkhout of the United Arab Emirates reached 73 after scoring in opposition to Malaysia final week. Messi, alternatively, scored his 72nd worldwide purpose in opposition to Chile final Thursday.
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Sunil Chhetri in motion in opposition to Bangladesh within the FIFA World Cup Qualifier. (AIFF)
India registered their first win in a FIFA World Cup qualifier in six years, talismanic Sunil Chhetri twice to seal a 2-0 win over Bangladesh in a mixed preliminary spherical match on the Jasim bin Hamad Stadium in Doha on Monday.
Chhetri returned to the nets for the primary time within the 79th minute to maintain his workforce able to enter the third qualifying spherical of the 2023 Asian Cup.
Starting the match on the bench, second-half substitute Ashiq Kuruniyan delivered a cross from the left for Chhetri, after a future and from a decent angle, superior brilliantly from behind Topu Burman on the Al Saad Stadium.
The man Chhetri was once more scoring his evening purpose with one other high quality strike in further time (90+2) after receiving the ball from Suresh Singh’s proper aspect.
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captain @chetrisunil11 Appreciating the love from followers after one other high draw efficiency! 💪
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The double strike meant India registered their first win in what was certainly one of their worst World Cup qualifying campaigns in a few years. It was additionally their first win in a World Cup qualifier away from house in 20 years.
Confident India buried themselves within the opposition half after Chhetri’s 73rd purpose in worldwide soccer, and the transfer labored for troubled coach Igor Stimac because the captain scored his and the workforce’s second purpose simply earlier than the ultimate whistle.
Despite being forward, India regarded to tie nicely with each Ashiq and Chhetri, whilst most of Bangladesh’s gamers went forward in the hunt for equalisation.
️ @chetrisunil11: “It’s lovely to win a full game, to win 3⃣ points! I’m really glad we even kept a clean sheet”
you strive that. How do you depend? #blue tigers at each ends of the sector?#BANIND ️ #wcq 🏆 #backw 💙 #indianfootball ⚽ pic.twitter.com/RsemCez8qg
– Indian Football Team (@IndianFootball) June 7, 2021
In the top, the draw didn’t happen, however India definitely completed on a excessive, giving their marketing campaign a much-needed enhance after a collection of winless outings.
With his two objectives, Chhetri, the second-highest scorer in worldwide soccer’s lively gamers, made up for the fumble within the 63rd minute, when unmarked skipper Brandon Fernandes missed a free header after a superb ball.
(with inputs from PTI)
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
