Indian males’s soccer staff captain Sunil Chhetri broke one other file as India performed a 1-1 draw towards Kuwait of their Group A SAFF Championships fixture on Tuesday on the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bangalore.
With India having received a nook within the stoppage time of the primary half, Chhetri would join the incoming supply from the proper first time, a candy volley that beat the keeper to his proper to provide India a 1-0 lead.
The objective marked Chhetri’s fifth within the competitors this 12 months and his twenty fourth general within the SAFF Championships, a brand new file. Chhetri surpassed Maldives’ Ali Ashfaq to rise to the highest of the targets tally within the competitors.
He delivered once more! 🔥
Captain! Chief! Legend! 💙
Sunil Chhetri 🙏🏼
What a Purpose!!! 😲#INDKUW #SAFFChampionship2023 #BlueTigers #IndianFootball pic.twitter.com/4k9KkJD7eU— Krishnendu Banerjee® (@KBakaRantu) June 27, 2023
India got here into Tuesday’s contest on the again of 4-0 and 2-0 wins towards Pakistan and Nepal respectively. Whereas Chhetri had scored a hat-trick towards Pakistan, he was one of many two scorers for India towards Nepal.
With the draw towards Kuwait, India completed Group A second behind the latter. In Group B, Lebanon lead the factors tally after matchday two with six factors, whereas Bangladesh sit second with three factors.