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Sunil Chhetri Retirement: The FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifier match between India and Kuwait ended in a 0-0 draw. The match was played at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata and was the last match of Indian captain Sunil Chhetri's career. India needed to win this match to reach the last-18. India can still go to the next stage, but it will have to depend on other matches. After the match ended, Chhetri was honored by the rest of the players, but he also became emotional. India got many chances to score goals in the first and second halves, but India could not capitalize on a single chance. India's next match will be against Qatar on June 11.
The Indian captain was seen constantly trying to penetrate the Kuwaiti defense, but all his efforts proved futile until the last minute. A major reason for the draw was that the Indian team's defense looked poor at times, due to which Kuwait came very close to scoring goals several times. In the attacking department, the Indian team once again relied on Sunil Chhetri. Well, after the match, about 58,000 people at the Salt Lake Stadium gave him a standing ovation.
Received guard of honour from colleagues
Although India's match against Kuwait was a draw, after this everyone's eyes were on Sunil Chhetri. He was also given a guard of honor by the entire Indian team, but this moment made him emotional. Sunil could not hold back his tears and was seen wiping his tears with his jersey.
Scored 94 goals in career
Sunil Chhetri played 151 matches in his international football career, scoring 94 goals. Sunil was also the player to score the most number of hat-tricks (4) for the Indian team in history. Chhetri was the fourth highest goal scorer in the world in international football. This list is topped by Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo (128), Iran's Ali Daei (108) and Argentina's Lionel Messi (106).