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Indian star footballer Sunil Chhetri is going to end his 19-year-long career today i.e. on Thursday, June 6. India is going to face Kuwait in the World Cup qualifiers and this match will be the last match of Chhetri’s career, as he has already announced his retirement. This match is like ‘do or die’ for the Indian team. Team India is at second position in the points table of Group-A with 4 points. If the Indian team succeeds in registering victory over Kuwait today, then it will enter the third round for the first time. There can be no better gift than this for Sunil Chhetri. After losing today’s match, Team India’s journey will end here. The Indian team would like to bid farewell to Chhetri with a win.
In the AFC World Cup qualifiers, India is currently at second position with 4 points while Kuwait is at fourth position with 3 points. India has suffered a huge loss due to the defeat against Afghanistan in the last match.
India vs Kuwait head to head
A total of 6 matches have been played between India and Kuwait so far in which Team India is leading with 3 wins, while Kuwait has got 2 wins against India. There was no result in a match played between these two teams.
The India vs Kuwait match is to be played at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata. Let us tell you, India has never lost on this ground since 2006. Whereas Kuwait last won against India in 2010.
How has Sunil Chhetri’s career been?
This 39-year-old Indian footballer made his international debut on 12 June 2005 against Pakistan and also scored his first goal for India in the same match. Sunil Chhetri has played 150 matches for India in his 20-year career in which he has scored 94 goals. He is fourth on the all-time list of goalscorers among FIFA members. Among active players, he is behind only Lionel Messi (106 goals in 180 matches) and Cristiano Ronaldo (128 goals in 205 matches).
