Sunil Chhetri Becomes Second Highest International Goalscorer

India's most-capped international, captain of the football team Sunil Chhetri surpassed Lionel Messi to become the second-highest international goalscorer
Sunil Chhetri Becomes Second Highest International Goalscorer

India's most-topped international captain of the football team Sunil Chhetri outperformed Lionel Messi to turn into the second-most elevated international goalscorer among dynamic players when he scored a fourth-minute penalty against Tajikistan in the global Cup on Sunday.

Despite the fact that India needed to confront a defeat, Sunil left a moment of pride for India by making a world-record. The captain scored his 69th international goal with a sharp panenka to go second on the rundown, just beneath Cristiano Ronaldo who has 88 international goals for Portugal.

In the match against Tajikistan, Chhetri began the scoring by 'Panenka' penalty into the back of the net. The 34-year-old at that point kept his nerves and opened home the ball fro Mandar Rao Desai in the 41st moment to give India a 2-0 lead on the precarious edge of half-time.

Sunil Chhetri is the most topped player for Indian group and has made 109 games. He was additionally a standout amongst the most significant players for the Blue Tigers when they qualified for AFC Asian Cup without precedent for a long time in 2011.

Sunil turned into the main the seventeenth player in the historical backdrop of the sport to sport to score at least 70 goals.

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