Sunil Chhetri: ‘To keep football relevant in a cricket mad country is his biggest achievement’
India's captain Sunil Chhetri has announced he will retire from international football in June - ending a career that has spanned 20 years.
Chhetri is India's most capped player - and has scored 94 goals for his country, making him third in the list of active international goalscorers - only behind Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo and Argentina’s Lionel Messi.
Hindustan Times journalist Dhiman Sarkar told Sport Today’s Maz Farookhi about his career and what legacy he’ll leave behind.
Photo: India's forward Sunil Chhetri leaves the pitch after being substituted during the Qatar 2023 AFC Asian Cup Group B football match between India and Uzbekistan at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium in Al-Rayyan, west of Doha on January 18, 2024. (Credit: AFP via Getty Images)
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